Christy Barrow, Author at Pershing Square Foundation

PRESS RELEASE: Mount Sinai Receives $4.6 Million From The Pershing Square Foundation to Support Women’s Health Research and Careers for Women in Science

October 26th, 2023

New York, NY – October 26, 2023 (Mount Sinai)– The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $4.6 million gift from The Pershing Square Foundation to support women’s health research and advance careers for female scientists. Part of an original nearly $21 million gift that expanded a COVID-19 testing program for New York City … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: The Pershing Square Foundation’s MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize Is Now Accepting Applications for its 2024 Prize

October 9th, 2023

New York, NY, OCTOBER 9, 2023 (THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION, BUSINESS WIRE) – The Pershing Square Foundation has announced the opening of applications for the 2024 MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize. Since the Prize launched in 2023, it has been awarded to seven multidisciplinary investigators from institutions across the country. The annual prize … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES ITS INAUGURAL “MIND” PRIZE (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) TO FUND BRAIN RESEARCH, PART OF A LARGE NEW COGNITIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE

April 25th, 2023

THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES ITS INAUGURAL “MIND” PRIZE (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) TO FUND BRAIN RESEARCH, PART OF A LARGE NEW COGNITIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE EACH PRIZE WINNER TO RECEIVE $750,000 OVER THREE YEARS New York, NY, April 25, 2023 (BUSINESS WIRE) – The Pershing Square Foundation today announced the seven winners of the … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZE TO FUND BRAIN RESEARCH, FOCUSED ON COGNITIVE HEALTH

November 7th, 2022

THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZE TO FUND BRAIN RESEARCH, FOCUSED ON COGNITIVE HEALTH EACH PRIZE WINNER TO RECEIVE $750,000 OVER THREE YEARS New York, NY, November 7, 2022 (Business Wire) – The Pershing Square Foundation today announced the launch of the MIND (“Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery”) … Continued

TheDream.US and Social Finance Create First-of-its-Kind Loan Fund to Help Dreamers Attend Graduate School

September 23rd, 2021 / Business Wire

New pilot will support Dreamers looking to achieve economic mobility (Business Wire) — Today, TheDream.US and Social Finance announced a $100 million graduate school loan pilot program for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients who want to pursue professional degrees but can’t access public loan programs due to their immigration … Continued

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