On Mar. 11, 2004, The Kavli Foundation announced a $7.5 million award to establish the Kavli Institute of Neuroscience at Yale University.

The Institute will use a multidisciplinary research strategy, ranging from molecular genetics to behavioral studies, to explore the development, cellular organization, and function of this complex structure, which mediates our perception, memory, language, and thought.

To realize these objectives, the Institute will develop and support cutting-edge research projects and organize symposia and other activities. The Institute will occupy specially renovated facilities in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, the heart of the Yale School of Medicine.