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Below is a summary assembled by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO). Please see the full solicitation for complete information about the funding opportunity.ÌýÌý

Program SummaryÌý

The ACS-Moore Postdoctoral Bridge Award in Quantum Materials is a partnership between the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Moore Foundation).ÌýÌýThe Moore Foundation is funding the program through its . 

The purpose is to support exceptional postdoctoral researchers in quantum materials who face financial challenges in their current postdoctoral appointment or in securing their next career opportunity.  This program will provide one year of bridge funding, professional development, and networking opportunities that sustain research momentum, foster interdisciplinary collaboration across physics, chemistry, and materials science, and strengthen the pipeline of talent advancing fundamental discoveries in quantum materials.

This program addresses a critical gap for outstanding researchers who face unexpected disruptions at one of the most vulnerable points in an academic career.  For researchers whose Principal Investigators lose funding, or who face unexpected disruptions to their own appointments, this transition can mean not just career uncertainty, but the loss of research momentum built over years of highly specialized work.  By providing flexible bridge funding alongside a structured cohort experience, the program is designed to protect research momentum and accelerate postdocs' transition to independent academic leadership.

Deadlines

• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØInternal Deadline: 11:59pm MST July 13, 2026
• Sponsor Deadline: August 14, 2026

Internal Application Requirements (all in PDF format)

• Research Statement including Key Findings and Future Research Directions
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Advisor/Mentor Letter of Support (2 pages maximum)
• Department Chair Letter of Support (2 pages maximum)

To access the online application, visit:Ìý

Eligibility

Nominations will be sought for postdoctoral researchers who are:

• Based at a U.S. institution of higher education
• Facing financial challenges with respect to their current postdoctoral appointment and/or in securing their next career opportunity
• Demonstrating strong potential for significant contributions to the scientific community and future academic leadershipÌý
• NOT currently supported by a 2025 EPiQS cost-extension or a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Commitment
• NOT supported through the following 2026 EPiQS awards: Material Synthesis Investigator; Moore Fellow Synthesis; OR 2026 Experimental Investigator.
• Of any citizenship or national origin, residing in the U.S.Ìý
• Conducting outstanding research in the following classes of quantum materials that are of interest to EPiQS:Ìý
  • Strongly correlated systems, including but not limited to unconventional superconductors, Mott insulators, multiferroics, and correlated oxide heterostructures
  • Frustrated magnets and other solids exhibiting novel or exotic magnetic properties
  • Topological materials
  • Two-dimensional crystals and layered systems, including but not limited to graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and van der Waals structuresÌý
  • Other low-dimensional systems, including but not limited to quantum wells and quantum wires with emergent electronic properties
  • Hybrid quantum materials created by the integration of dissimilar component materials or through external stimuli
  • Organic-based materials exhibiting emergent electronic properties, along with hybrid systems that incorporate organic components
  • Cold-atom assemblies or photonic systems that can emulate properties of real materials (‘quantum simulators’) are outside the scope of this call for proposals.Ìý

Limited Submission Guidelines

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder may submit two nominations.

Award Information

• Award Duration: 1 yearÌýÌý
• Award Amount: $100,000 ($95,000 stipend; $5,000 for travel and/or research expenses)
• Anticipated Number of Awards: 30