Good Morning,
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has announced the fourth annual call for ideas for flexible funding grants as part of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative (EPiQS). A synopsis and link to the program website can be found below:
Sponsor Call for Ideas Deadline: May 5, 2023 at 9:00PM Pacific time
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline (if invited): August 25, 2023
Sponsor Application Deadline (if invited): September 4, 2023
Award Amount: The foundation anticipates funding three projects and grant sizes will be $500K-$1.5M. The grant duration can be up to 36 months. Indirect cost rate may not exceed 12.5 percent of the direct costs of the project. Please discuss with your grants administrator before beginning an application.
Eligible Applicants: Any scientist with a permanent appointment at a university or another research institution is eligible to submit their project idea.
Through the EPiQS initiative, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation strives to accelerate progress in the field of quantum materials — solids and engineered structures characterized by novel quantum phases of matter and exotic cooperative behaviors of electrons. The goal of flexible funding grants is to drive scientific innovation by enhancing experimental capabilities at leading research institutions and support timely projects with the potential to make breakthroughs in the studies and discovery of quantum materials. Information on the classes of materials of interest to EPiQS is available at the link above.
These grants have two varieties:
- Equipment grants support the development of sophisticated and sometimes one-of-a-kind instrumentation at institutions with active research programs in quantum materials.
- Rapid response grants support exceptionally timely projects with a very high potential impact. These projects may include experimental tests of novel important theoretical concepts and innovative, as well as unconventional research endeavors that are unlikely to be supported through traditional funding channels due to their high-risk nature.
Applicants can submit only one flexible funding project idea as a principal investigator (PI). In addition, an applicant can serve as a co-investigator (Co-I) on one additional project idea proposed by another PI. Both single-investigator and multi-investigator projects will be considered.
Questions from FAS or SEAS faculty about this opportunity may be directed to Erin Hale (erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu) or Jennifer Corby (jcorby@fas.harvard.edu).
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