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The Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research (JSF) is a charity set up under California law on 27 February 2002. JSF was initiated by Julian Schwinger's Last Will of July 1994.

JSF supports research and educational activities in physics for which funding from other sources is typically not available. Schwinger had a particular interest in energy concentrating phenomena. While JSF accords proposals on such topics with high priority, all proposals based on well-grounded physics research, even if daring, are considered seriously.

In addition, limited funds are available for improving educational opportunities at the undergraduate level and above. In particular, the foundation considers applications for sponsorship for scientific workshops, conferences, summer schools and the like, as well as grants for undergraduate research projects.

The first JSF grant was awarded in October 2006. Up to October 2017, JSF has awarded 51 grants for a total values of $2M.

JSF has also made two major gifts to UCLA whose faculty Schwinger joined in 1971. In 2014, JSF gifted $1.2M to UCLA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy to establish a comprehensive graduate fellowship to recruit the finest minds of physics. This Schwinger Fellowship will enable a new generation of young physicists to pursue their passions and make a difference by focusing on research without undue financial pressure.

In 2017 JSF made a gift of $0.75M to UCLA’s IPAM to support an annual series of Schwinger Workshops on multiscale physics and theoretical physics to promote interactions of mathematics with physics and other disciplines.

Schwinger's widow Clarice Schwinger, nee Carrol, served as the first President of JSF until her death in January 2011. The current President of the board of directors and CEO is Seth Putterman; Berge Englert serves as the Vice president and Scientific Secretary; Y. Jack Ng is the Administrative Secretary; and Lester L. DeRaad Jr. is the Financial Secretary and CFO.