Center for Advanced Study

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is a scholastic research institute based in Stanford, California, focusing on the social sciences and humanities. Like the Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study, the Center is often assumed to be part of its nearby university but is actually an independent private institution. The Center is funded by the Ford Foundation, and was founded after World War II. It is a member of the group Some Institutes for Advanced Study.

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is an independent organization dedicated to advancing knowledge about human behavior through research. Since its inception in 1954, the Center has offered a residential fellowship program for leading scholars in a variety of academic disciplines (including social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary fields, and professional schools) from a wide range of colleges and universities. Cohorts of as many as 48 Fellows form a collegial, intellectually diverse community, which fosters an open exchange of ideas, theories and methods. The results are unexpected collaborations and exciting new work.

The Center also organizes group-based Special Projects, and runs Summer Institutes which foster innovative interdisciplinary work and build intellectual networks for young scholars.

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