FUNDING-Limited Submission – Moore Foundation - Moore Inventor Fellows 2018; January 30, 2018

 

Purpose: The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces the third competition for Moore Inventor Fellows. The foundation seeks to identify outstanding inventors and innovators who harness science and technology to enhance the conduct of scientific research, strengthen environmental conservation, or improve the experience and outcomes of patient care. In the spirit of Moore’s passion for science and penchant for inventing, the foundation seeks to support people who create new tools, technologies, processes, or approaches with a high potential to accelerate progress in these  three main areas of interest. The scope of this call is intentionally wide: proposed projects do not need to fall within the foundation’s current funding priorities, but should be broadly within the program areas of foundation interest. The exception is for nominees proposing ideas and intentions that target patient care. Within this realm, the foundation seeks overlap with its current emphasis on improving the experience and outcomes of patients, including solutions in the areas of diagnostic excellence, medication safety in the community and community-based serious illness care. The aim is to support inventions at an early stage that could lead to proof-of-concept work on an invention or advance an existing prototype that tackles an important problem. The foundation seeks innovations with the promise of making a long-lasting impact by addressing underlying problems in their field, but a clear path toward commercialization is not a requirement.

 

Eligibility: Candidates must be faculty, research scientists, postdocs or other full-time staff at eligible institutions. Candidates must be no more than 10 years past receiving the terminal advanced degree in their field (MS, PhD, or MD).

 

Institutional Limit: 2

 

Funding Amount: $200,000 per year for 3 years and $25,000 per year to the host institution to cover costs associated with administering the grant award

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research with a copy of the file to your Associate Dean for Research by January 30, 2018.

• Name, department, and contact information for inventor
• CV
• Brief description of invention and importance to science, environmental conservation or patient care and experience (2 pages maximum)

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions, email Jessica Koenigsknecht-Talboo at jessica.k@uky.edu, or call 323-6570. For issues with submission through the portal, call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline: February 12, 2018 (nomination deadline)