Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships (Discontinued)

Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship is a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation that funds postdoctoral researchers at universities and research institutions working at the intersection of human health and environmental sustainability. The fellowship provides $280,000 in support to postdoctoral researchers, administered through Stanford University's Center for Innovation. The program is part of the Moore Foundation's broader portfolio supporting environmental conservation, science, and health. Eligible applicants are postdoctoral researchers at universities and research institutions. The fellowship aims to advance research linking planetary environmental health with human well-being.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Engineering Research Program is a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation that supports academic engineers at U.S. institutions pursuing high-risk, high-reward discoveries with measurable potential for real-world impact. The Foundation funds work across three pillars: science and innovation, patient care transformation, and environmental conservation. Awards typically range from $1,500,000 to $5,000,000 and are generally made by invitation, though the Foundation occasionally accepts unsolicited inquiries. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, universities, hospitals, healthcare systems, and environmental organizations with demonstrated research or implementation capacity and a commitment to collaboration and measurable outcomes.

The Moore Inventor Fellows program supports early-career scientist-inventors who create new tools, technologies, processes, or approaches with the potential for outsized impact, including breakthroughs powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, and scientific instrumentation. Fellows receive flexible funding to pursue bold, high-risk inventions in their early stages across the foundation's focus on science, environmental conservation, and patient care. Each fellow is funded at $200,000 per year for three years from the foundation, with an additional $25,000 per year in institutional matching, for a total of approximately $825,000. The foundation has committed nearly $34 million through 2026 to support 50 fellows. Candidates are nominated by participating universities.