Moore Inventor Fellows 2024

The Moore Inventor Fellowship supports scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in the foundation’s areas of interest: scientific discovery, environmental conservation and patient care.

Candidates must be faculty, research scientists, postdocs or other full-time staff who can receive funding through their institutions. Candidates must be no more than 10 years past receiving the terminal advanced degree in their field (M.S., Ph.D. or M.D. received on or after 2014). Please see the Moore Inventor Fellows FAQ for more information regarding candidate eligibility and exceptions.

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 (science, environmental conservation and patient care). Patient care inventions should resonate with our focus on improving the experience and outcomes of patients with solutions that improve clinical diagnosis.

The fellowship aims to support inventions at an early stage that could lead to proof-of-concept of an invention or advance an existing prototype that tackles an important problem. We seek innovations that promise to make a long-lasting and meaningful impact by addressing underlying problems in their field, but a clear path toward commercialization is not a requirement. The foundation is not interested in supporting fundamental research projects or projects already at a stage where significant venture capital is available. As with all our grants, we seek to measure progress toward a defined goal during the three years of support. The foundation’s policy is that intellectual property that results from a grant must be managed and disseminated in a manner that leads to the greatest impact. Each award will include IP terms to reflect the needs of that project. 

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed invention with particular attention to how the invention will benefit an end-user. Should also include a one sentence description of the invention.

2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.

3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI

4. A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally. This letter should confirm the department’s commitment to the $50,000 in annual support as required by the sponsor. 

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Nominations are due to the sponsor 11/14/2023. Full applications are due 12/13/2022, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 12/4/2022 if given the go‐ahead by the review committee.