Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative at Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation invests $90 million in Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS) Initiative — one of the largest privately-funded initiatives in the field — that provides support for highly talented scientists in three areas: experiment, theory and materials synthesis. The EPiQS Initiative aims to accelerate scientific breakthroughs by giving some of the field’s most creative scientists the freedom to take risks and the flexibility to change research directions. It also provides them with an environment that encourages collaboration with other leading researchers. Quantum materials are substances in which the collective behavior of electrons leads to many emergent properties, such as high-temperature superconductivity and exotic forms of magnetism. New discoveries in this field could lead to revolutionary applications in electronics, computing, energy technology and medical devices. By supporting these three key areas, the integrated EPiQS Initiative could transform our understanding of quantum materials and make it possible to ask fundamentally new questions about how complex quantum matter organizes and behaves.