A foundation based in California has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder $1.5 million to fund postdoctoral researchers amid funding uncertainty.
CU Boulder’s award is part of $55 million in one-time funding provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, split among 30 U.S. universities. Based in the San Francisco Bay area and established in 2000 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife, Betty, the Moore Foundation advances scientific discovery and environmental conservation. As U.S. research universities navigate funding uncertainties, the foundation is providing this one-time $55 million in support to maintain the pipeline of scientists-in-training.
CU Boulder’s $1.5 million will fund postdoctoral researchers in the Division of Natural Sciences. Departments receiving funding include chemistry, biochemistry, ecology and evolutionary biology, environmental studies, geological sciences, integrative physiology, physics, psychology and neuroscience, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, astrophysical and planetary sciences and applied mathematics…