Mark your calendar with the newly confirmed deadlines: October 8, 2026, for pre-proposals and February 1, 2027, for invited full proposals. When preparing your application, please note that the pre-proposal format has changed from a two-page outline to specific character limits of 1,000–2,000 characters per section.
Funder: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Due Dates: October 8, 2026 (Pre-proposal) | February 1, 2027 (Full proposal)
Funding Amounts: $1,350,000 per investigator over 5 years; supplemental equipment funds available.
Summary: Supports recently tenured, U.S.-based mid-career researchers leading ambitious experimental physics projects.
Key Information: Two-stage, anonymized review; applicants may apply to only one Moore physics investigator competition per cycle.