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Encyclopedia > Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Established in September 2003, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation seeks to develop outcome-based projects that will improve the quality of life for future generations. The foundation focuses upon portfolios of large-scale initiatives and encourages collaboration so as to achieve the most significant and enduring outcomes possible. The foundation is established by Gordon E. Moore and his wife Betty I. Moore. Gordon Moore Gordon Earl Moore (born January 3, 1929) is co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moores law. ...


Funding is concentrated on: environmental conservation, science, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The conservation movement seeks to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in from harmful human influences. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Bay Area redirects here. ...


On 29 July 2007 The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation committed $100 million to launch a nursing school at the University of California, Davis. is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ...


Funded Projects

  • Global Ocean Sampling Expedition

The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition (GOS) is an Ocean exploration Genome project with the goal of assessing the genetic diversity in marine microbial communities and to understand their role in natures fundamental processes. ...

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  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation


 

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