Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study are partners in the advancement of the highest level research and scholarship and, as such, are encouraged to participate in the intellectual and cultural life of IAS. Friends have the opportunity to interact with the Institute’s distinguished Faculty and Members, attend lectures, symposia, and less formal talks, concerts, films, and family events, receive Institute publications and access our libraries and dining hall.

Friends, who support IAS through annual membership donations and other giving opportunities, participate in an exchange of immense value, providing the Institute with significant unrestricted operating support each year. Such support is vital to the Institute’s ability to remain competitive in attracting the best scholars and scientists from around the world and to ensuring its continued role as a global beacon for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry.