KITP

The Family Fund is intended to help scientists who are participating in the activities of the institute and are bringing their families to Santa Barbara. To apply, a scientist will need to fill out a questionnaire indicating why she/he needs support and approximately how much assistance would be required.

From its beginning, the Institute has encouraged scientists to stay at KITP for as long as possible. This has often had the happy result of families coming, too. Over the years, it has become harder for families to make this trip in part because of the additional expense.  The aim of the Family Fund will be to offset some of the additional expenses incurred when scientists travel with their families in the hope that this will encourage more scientists to be able to stay for extended periods of time. In conjunction with this philosophy, it would be rare to provide a Family Fund supplement for a family visiting for less than 4 weeks.  The selection criteria are spelled out further on another page.

To apply, please complete the Family Fund questionnaire.

We will try to respond to your request as quickly as possible. As there is some codependency built into the situation (our needing to know how much housing costs in order to make a determination while a scientist needs to know about the extra funding before committing to housing) some time for additional correspondence and information gathering may be required.

The Rice Family Fund is made possible through the generosity of Drs. Ann and Myron Rice, Deborah and Douglas Troxel, Friends of KITP, and other donors. The number of requests exceeds our ability to fund them, so KITP would welcome financial contributions of any amount.

If you have any questions, please contact Deborah.