The Institute for Advanced Study ( IAS ) is an independent center for
theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New
Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent
scholars, including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hermann Weyl, John
von Neumann, and Kurt Gödel, many of whom had emigrated from Europe to the
United States.
It was founded in 1930 by American educator Abraham Flexner, together with
philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. Despite
collaborative ties and neighboring geographic location, the institute, being
independent, has "no formal links" with Princeton University. The institute
does not charge tuition or fees.