Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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We foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area.
The power of convenings is at the heart of the Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative, which brings researchers together to advance experimental physics through collaboration and creativity.
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The power of convenings: Building connections that accelerate discovery
The Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative was created to advance the basic research frontier in experimental physics by identifying extraordinary scient…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The power of convenings is at the heart of the Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative, which brings researchers together to advance experimental physics through collaboration and creativity.
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💧 With Moore Foundation support, Stanford U. researchers pioneered a method for imaging California’s groundwater based on surface, airborne and satellite measurements — prompting the state to invest more than $10M in mapping aquifers throughout the Central Valley.
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📸: State of California
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📸: State of California
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
💧 With Moore Foundation support, Stanford U. researchers pioneered a method for imaging California’s groundwater based on surface, airborne and satellite measurements — prompting the state to invest more than $10M in mapping aquifers throughout the Central Valley.
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📸: State of California
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📸: State of California
We are pleased to share the launch of the Catalytic Capital for the Agriculture Transition (CCAT) fund — a new investment fund that aims to make restoring degraded land more productive and profitable for Brazilian farmers.
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New Fund Aims to Make Land Restoration Pay Off for Brazilian Farmers
Catalytic Capital for the Agricultural Transition fund formally launches with $50 million anchor support from the Moore Foundation, Norway’s NICFI and other inv…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are pleased to share the launch of the Catalytic Capital for the Agriculture Transition (CCAT) fund — a new investment fund that aims to make restoring degraded land more productive and profitable for Brazilian farmers.
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In this interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, Ana Carolina González, @nrginstitute.bsky.social’s senior director of global programs, unpacks the deeper implications of the global energy transition and its real and potential impacts in the Amazon.
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The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Ana Carolina González, Natural Resource Governance Institute
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November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In this interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, Ana Carolina González, @nrginstitute.bsky.social’s senior director of global programs, unpacks the deeper implications of the global energy transition and its real and potential impacts in the Amazon.
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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a Moore Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative investigator at @mit.edu, revealed that twisted bilayer graphene could become superconducting — a discovery that sparked an entirely new field of research: twistronics.
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Enabling collaboration for rapid discovery
The Moore Foundation’s Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative supports exploratory research to increase our understanding of how complex quantum matte…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a Moore Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative investigator at @mit.edu, revealed that twisted bilayer graphene could become superconducting — a discovery that sparked an entirely new field of research: twistronics.
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Thousands recently gathered for the #BayAreaScienceFestival — a free community event for all ages, offering the opportunity to explore, be curious, and connect through science.
Huge thanks to all the grantees and partners who made it possible and to all who share science with the public every day.
Huge thanks to all the grantees and partners who made it possible and to all who share science with the public every day.
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thousands recently gathered for the #BayAreaScienceFestival — a free community event for all ages, offering the opportunity to explore, be curious, and connect through science.
Huge thanks to all the grantees and partners who made it possible and to all who share science with the public every day.
Huge thanks to all the grantees and partners who made it possible and to all who share science with the public every day.
🚀 The Civic Science Fellows program is inviting applications for 2026–27 host partners. Fellows help orgs explore strategic questions, strengthen connections between science & society, and build lasting capacity. Hosts receive grants to support a fellow starting Sept. 2026.
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Apply by Dec. 15, 2025 ⤵️
Civic Science Fellows Program Invites Applications to Host a 2026-27 Fellow - Civic Science Fellows
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October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🚀 The Civic Science Fellows program is inviting applications for 2026–27 host partners. Fellows help orgs explore strategic questions, strengthen connections between science & society, and build lasting capacity. Hosts receive grants to support a fellow starting Sept. 2026.
Apply by Dec. 15, 2025 ⤵️
Apply by Dec. 15, 2025 ⤵️
A new resource for life scientists → 🧬 SeqHub
Built by Tatta Bio with Moore Foundation support, SeqHub is a free platform where researchers can explore, annotate and share sequence data — all in one place. Designed for collaboration and discovery across the life sciences community.
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Built by Tatta Bio with Moore Foundation support, SeqHub is a free platform where researchers can explore, annotate and share sequence data — all in one place. Designed for collaboration and discovery across the life sciences community.
🔗 Explore ⤵️
SeqHub
SeqHub is a platform for exploring, annotating, and sharing biological sequences.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A new resource for life scientists → 🧬 SeqHub
Built by Tatta Bio with Moore Foundation support, SeqHub is a free platform where researchers can explore, annotate and share sequence data — all in one place. Designed for collaboration and discovery across the life sciences community.
🔗 Explore ⤵️
Built by Tatta Bio with Moore Foundation support, SeqHub is a free platform where researchers can explore, annotate and share sequence data — all in one place. Designed for collaboration and discovery across the life sciences community.
🔗 Explore ⤵️
In this interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, Lilian Painter, Bolivia program director at @wcs.org, highlights the crucial role Indigenous communities play in advancing conservation efforts across the Amazon.
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The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Lilian Painter, Wildlife Conservation Society
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October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In this interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, Lilian Painter, Bolivia program director at @wcs.org, highlights the crucial role Indigenous communities play in advancing conservation efforts across the Amazon.
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For 20+ years, we’ve supported conservation in the Great Bear bioregion of British Columbia. The Great Bear Rainforest Agreement, finalized in 2016, and the Great Bear Sea Project Finance for Permanence, established in June 2024, now stand as global models of Indigenous-led conservation.
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Protecting the Great Bear Sea: Indigenous leadership for healthy ecosystems and communities
Since our initial investigation of ocean opportunities in 2004, the Marine Conservation Initiative has aimed to support healthy and resilient ocean ecosystems t…
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October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For 20+ years, we’ve supported conservation in the Great Bear bioregion of British Columbia. The Great Bear Rainforest Agreement, finalized in 2016, and the Great Bear Sea Project Finance for Permanence, established in June 2024, now stand as global models of Indigenous-led conservation.
#Moore25
#Moore25
For our second 25th anniversary symposium, we partnered with the American Society for Microbiology to spotlight a new report on “Early Microbial Life,” released at #ASMicrobe, reinforcing the value of community building and connecting researchers globally.
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Early Microbial Life: How investigating the origin and evolution of life opens new pathways to scientific inquiry
This year marks the Moore Foundation’s 25th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, we launched a symposia series exploring topics related to the foundati…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
For our second 25th anniversary symposium, we partnered with the American Society for Microbiology to spotlight a new report on “Early Microbial Life,” released at #ASMicrobe, reinforcing the value of community building and connecting researchers globally.
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Tasso Azevedo, a Brazilian scientist and forest expert, is the founder and coordinator of @mapbiomas.bsky.social — a network of experts generating annual land cover and use maps in the Amazon. Watch his interview from The Future of Amazonia for his perspective on conservation efforts in the region ⤵️
The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Tasso Azevedo, MapBiomas, Conexão Povos da Floresta
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October 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tasso Azevedo, a Brazilian scientist and forest expert, is the founder and coordinator of @mapbiomas.bsky.social — a network of experts generating annual land cover and use maps in the Amazon. Watch his interview from The Future of Amazonia for his perspective on conservation efforts in the region ⤵️
Experimental Physics Investigator Manuel Endres and colleagues at @caltech.edu have taken a major step toward scalable quantum computing by creating the largest qubit array ever assembled, consisting of 6,100 neutral-atom qubits trapped in a grid by lasers.
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Caltech Team Sets Record with 6,100-Qubit Array
The neutral-atom platform shows promise for scaling up quantum computers.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Experimental Physics Investigator Manuel Endres and colleagues at @caltech.edu have taken a major step toward scalable quantum computing by creating the largest qubit array ever assembled, consisting of 6,100 neutral-atom qubits trapped in a grid by lasers.
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What if every wildfire on Earth could be detected in real time? 🔥
🛰️ That’s the goal of FireSat, a constellation of multispectral infrared imaging satellites led by Earth Fire Alliance + Muon Space. FireSat launched its first satellite in March 2025 and plans to deploy another 50+ by 2030.
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🛰️ That’s the goal of FireSat, a constellation of multispectral infrared imaging satellites led by Earth Fire Alliance + Muon Space. FireSat launched its first satellite in March 2025 and plans to deploy another 50+ by 2030.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What if every wildfire on Earth could be detected in real time? 🔥
🛰️ That’s the goal of FireSat, a constellation of multispectral infrared imaging satellites led by Earth Fire Alliance + Muon Space. FireSat launched its first satellite in March 2025 and plans to deploy another 50+ by 2030.
#Moore25
🛰️ That’s the goal of FireSat, a constellation of multispectral infrared imaging satellites led by Earth Fire Alliance + Muon Space. FireSat launched its first satellite in March 2025 and plans to deploy another 50+ by 2030.
#Moore25
In our latest Beyond the Lab, we talked to Dr. Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics at the University of Arizona. He shares with us his hopes for real-world impact and passes on advice to young researchers.
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Beyond the Lab: Mohammed Hassan, Ph.D.
Mohammed Hassan. Photo credit: Ameé Hennig, University of Arizona.
Mohammed Hassan is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Ari…
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October 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In our latest Beyond the Lab, we talked to Dr. Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics at the University of Arizona. He shares with us his hopes for real-world impact and passes on advice to young researchers.
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Go Beyond the Lab ⤵️
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Corine Vriesendorp, Conservación Amazónica’s science director, is a conservation ecologist with deep experience in the Amazon Basin. In this forward-looking interview from The Future of Amazonia, she reflects on what gives her hope amid challenges in the Amazon.
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The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Corine Vriesendorp, Conservación Amazónica
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October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Corine Vriesendorp, Conservación Amazónica’s science director, is a conservation ecologist with deep experience in the Amazon Basin. In this forward-looking interview from The Future of Amazonia, she reflects on what gives her hope amid challenges in the Amazon.
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📳 Informed by decades of data on rapid earthquake detection, scientists at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @caltech.edu, U. of Washington and the USGS developed algorithms to trigger automatic safety shutdowns and pioneered the use of GPS with seismic data for accurate earthquake alerts.
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Earthquake early warning system becomes West Coast-wide
The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning program has hit a milestone by becoming a West Coast-wide system. Moore Foundation grantees at the U.S. Geological Surve…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📳 Informed by decades of data on rapid earthquake detection, scientists at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @caltech.edu, U. of Washington and the USGS developed algorithms to trigger automatic safety shutdowns and pioneered the use of GPS with seismic data for accurate earthquake alerts.
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🛰️🔥 FireSat — an advanced satellite system designed to detect and monitor wildfires with unprecedented precision — was recently featured on @cnn.com, highlighting how it will use AI to analyze fire data and deliver almost continuous intelligence to responders worldwide.
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Fighting wildfires from space: 50+ satellites to track wildfires worldwide | CNN Business
The Earth Fire Alliance, a global nonprofit, has partnered with Muon Space and Google to launch FireSat — the world’s first fleet of more than 50 satellites designed to scan the entire planet in near ...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🛰️🔥 FireSat — an advanced satellite system designed to detect and monitor wildfires with unprecedented precision — was recently featured on @cnn.com, highlighting how it will use AI to analyze fire data and deliver almost continuous intelligence to responders worldwide.
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🦦 We are grateful to collaborate with the many leaders and orgs who've helped create the Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve, spanning nearly 400K acres of Amazonian forests and rivers. The reserve will help ensure connectivity between several protected areas and Indigenous lands.
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New Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve Supports Indigenous Stewardship in the Peruvian Amazon - Andes Amazon Fund
A significant step forward for conservation and Indigenous rights was achieved with the official establishment of the Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve. This new protected area, located in the nor...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🦦 We are grateful to collaborate with the many leaders and orgs who've helped create the Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve, spanning nearly 400K acres of Amazonian forests and rivers. The reserve will help ensure connectivity between several protected areas and Indigenous lands.
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⚛️ Moore grantee Peter Maurer and colleagues at the University of Chicago have turned a protein found in living cells into a functioning qubit, which can be used as a quantum sensor capable of providing unprecedented insight into biological processes. 🧬
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Scientists program cells to create ‘biological qubit’ in quantum breakthrough
A multidisciplinary effort has designed quantum tech that can be produced naturally by cells
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October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
⚛️ Moore grantee Peter Maurer and colleagues at the University of Chicago have turned a protein found in living cells into a functioning qubit, which can be used as a quantum sensor capable of providing unprecedented insight into biological processes. 🧬
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⚖️ In this insightful interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, César Ipenza, an environmental lawyer and university professor, stresses the urgent need to strengthen environmental governance to ensure the long-term viability of the Amazon.
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#AmazonConservation #Moore25 #Philanthropy
The Future of Amazonia Reflections: César Ipenza
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October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
⚖️ In this insightful interview from The Future of Amazonia symposium, César Ipenza, an environmental lawyer and university professor, stresses the urgent need to strengthen environmental governance to ensure the long-term viability of the Amazon.
#AmazonConservation #Moore25 #Philanthropy
#AmazonConservation #Moore25 #Philanthropy
We’re excited to announce the 2025 cohort of the Experimental Physics Investigators – a distinguished group of 22 mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics!
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Advancing discovery: 2025 Experimental Physics Investigators
The 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators is a distinguished group of mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics. These 2…
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October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re excited to announce the 2025 cohort of the Experimental Physics Investigators – a distinguished group of 22 mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics!
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Sudden oak death has killed hundreds of thousands of oaks and tanoaks along the Pacific Coast.
🌱 With Moore Foundation support, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers traced the pathogen to a single European source — informing conservation efforts + commercial trade.
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🌱 With Moore Foundation support, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers traced the pathogen to a single European source — informing conservation efforts + commercial trade.
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Sudden oak death introduced to U.S., study finds
A genetic analysis of 151 isolates of the Sudden Oak Death pathogen provides new evidence that the commercial plant trade possibly helped introduce the microbe …
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October 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sudden oak death has killed hundreds of thousands of oaks and tanoaks along the Pacific Coast.
🌱 With Moore Foundation support, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers traced the pathogen to a single European source — informing conservation efforts + commercial trade.
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🌱 With Moore Foundation support, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers traced the pathogen to a single European source — informing conservation efforts + commercial trade.
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#Moore25
Moore Foundation alumni Karen Cosby, Daniel Yang and Thomas Wang recently authored an article for Diagnosis that discusses the role of philanthropy in advancing diagnostic excellence, and the legacy of the Moore Foundation’s involvement in this space.
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The role of philanthropy in advancing diagnostic excellence and the legacy of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
In America, medical research is largely driven by large investments of federal funding administered by government agencies. However, the problem of diagnostic error falls outside the usual funding cat...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Moore Foundation alumni Karen Cosby, Daniel Yang and Thomas Wang recently authored an article for Diagnosis that discusses the role of philanthropy in advancing diagnostic excellence, and the legacy of the Moore Foundation’s involvement in this space.
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🌿 Last month, the Power of Connections project hosted its third workshop in Manaus, Brazil, focused on Indigenous- and community-led management of natural resources. Leaders from across the Amazon came together to advance collaborative management of forests, rivers and territories. 🌎
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The Power of Connections Havesting Lessons and Strengthening Coalitions for Amazonian Conservation
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October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🌿 Last month, the Power of Connections project hosted its third workshop in Manaus, Brazil, focused on Indigenous- and community-led management of natural resources. Leaders from across the Amazon came together to advance collaborative management of forests, rivers and territories. 🌎
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