Moore Foundation Partnerships

APS Innovation partners with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to initiate creative collaborations that solve physics' most challenging problems.

Experimental Physics Investigator (EPI) Initiative

This new initiative will fund innovative projects in experimental physics over the next 11 years. Together, APS Innovation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will provide funding to creative, mid-career investigators applying unique problem-solving approaches within experimental physics, especially for high-risk, high-reward research.

The first cohort’s research will explore a broad range of open scientific questions that include, among other topics:

  • Quantized vortex lines in superfluid liquid helium
  • Optical properties of nanostructures in butterfly wings
  • Infrasound signatures of tornados
  • Correlated atoms and molecules trapped in large arrays formed by optical tweezers

Learn more about the EPI Initiative

Past Moore Foundation partnerships

APS Innovation previously partnered with the Moore Foundation on the Fundamental Physics Innovation (FPI) awards. These awards facilitated physicists' collaborating on innovative ways to use emerging technologies to address pressing problems in the physics of fundamental particles and interactions.

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Explore previous APS collaborations wiht the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and find more opportunities for funding and recognition from APS.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore established the foundation to create positive outcomes for future generations.

Stimulating Innovation in Fundamental Physics

Administered by APS in partnership with the Moore Foundation, the Fundamental Physics Innovation (FPI) Awards stimulated new ideas and created innovative technologies to explore problems in fundamental physics.

Funding and recognition

APS honors exceptional contributions to the physics community, including travel support for students and early career physicists.

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