KITP recruits the brightest, most independent early-career (post PhD) scientists, mentoring and successfully launching them as leading research scientists. With its global reputation for excellence, KITP receives approximately 600 applications annually of which just 4 or 5 are selected to be KITP Postdoctoral Scholars. They spend on average 3 years at KITP collaborating with visitors and UCSB faculty, mentoring students, giving their first public outreach talks, and most importantly, asking big questions about the future of physics. Gifts to the Fund support the KITP Postdoctoral Scholars Program and the recruitment and retention of these scholars.