MG 6 · 1991
Research Institute for Theoretical Physics (RITP)
RITP was recognized for sustaining Japanese research traditions in relativity and cosmology.
1952, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Professor K. Tomita
“For keeping alive first in Hiroshima and then in Kyoto research in relativity, cosmology, and relativistic field theory and the development of a school of international acclaim.”
MG VI, Kyoto, Japan
Work
Institutional Marcel Grossmann Awards recognize the infrastructures, collaborations, and research cultures that make major advances in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology possible.
RITP was recognized for sustaining Japanese research traditions in relativity and cosmology.
The award highlights how sustained institutional work can create instruments, archives, scientific communities, and missions that become foundations for later discoveries.