The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) is an independent joint laboratory of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, founded in 2003 by a gift by Fred Kavli and The Kavli Foundation.[1] It is housed on the grounds of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, as well as on the main Stanford campus. It is one of 20 Kavli Institutes.