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PRESS RELEASE: The Pershing Square Foundation’s MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize Is Now Accepting Applications for 2025

September 30th, 2024

September 30th, 2024 (The Pershing Square Foundation, Business Wire, New York, NY): The Pershing Square Foundation has announced the opening of applications for the 2025 MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize. Since the Prize launched in 2023, it has been awarded to 14 multidisciplinary investigators from institutions across the country. The annual prize awards … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Munywana Conservancy in South Africa Receives Donation of Southern White Rhino in First Step of Continent-wide Initiative to Rewild 2,000 Rhino

May 23rd, 2024

Munywana Conservancy in South Africa Receives Donation of 40 Southern White Rhino in First Step of Continent-wide Initiative to Rewild 2,000 Rhino The Munywana Conservancy received 40 southern white rhino to bolster its current rhino population. This marks the first translocation under ‘Rhino Rewild’, an African Parks initiative to rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION “MIND” PRIZE AWARDED TO SEVEN CREATIVE RESEARCHERS PAVING THE WAY TO A DEEPER AND TRANSFORMATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BRAIN

March 26th, 2024 / THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION

THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION “MIND” PRIZE AWARDED TO SEVEN CREATIVE RESEARCHERS PAVING THE WAY TO A DEEPER AND TRANSFORMATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BRAIN Each Prize winner To receive $750,000 over three years New York, NY, March 26, 2024 (BUSINESS WIRE) – The Pershing Square Foundation today announced the seven winners of the “MIND” Prize (Maximizing … Continued

DOUBLE HELIX MEDALS DINNER HONORING PSF TRUSTEES RAISES MORE THAN $10 MILLION

November 28th, 2023

New York, NY (CSHL) – On November 15, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) held its 18th annual Double Helix Medals dinner (DHMD) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. CBS journalist Lesley Stahl returned to emcee the awards dinner, which honored Neri Oxman & William Ackman and 2018 Nobel laureate Jim Allison. Thanks … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Public Housing Community Fund, New York City Housing Authority, genEquality and Partners Unveil a 20,000 Square Foot Revitalized Open Space at NYCHA’s Harborview Terrace Houses in Hell’s Kitchen

November 17th, 2023

Community-building project provides a safe, accessible space for residents of all ages to enjoy Murals and asphalt art speak to the community’s vision of equity, inclusion and belonging New York, NY –The Public Housing Community Fund (Fund), in collaboration with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and genEquality, is thrilled to announce a transformative … Continued

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

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

Pershing Square Foundation Donates $1.0 Million to New York Junior Tennis & Learning

February 3rd, 2022 / NYJTL

New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) is proud to announce a donation of $1 million from the Pershing Square Foundation. This gift will support the NYJTL Scholar Athlete Program, which will offer high quality tennis and educational support to provide a pathway for under-resourced NYC children to attend and graduate from college. After 50 … Continued