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Grants to USA early-career investigators for research related to neurodegenerative diseases. Eligible applicants have a doctoral degree and between 1 and 10 years of research experience. Funding is intended for novel and revolutionary research with the potential for far-reaching impact. Investigators with or without core neuroscience backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
The Pershing Square Foundation’s (PSF) brain initiative funds cutting-edge research that revolutionizes the ability to predict, prevent, and treat neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). Advancing the fundamental understanding of the brain and cognition to ultimately combat neurodegeneration and related diseases is a goal of increasing urgency. Breakthroughs in basic scientific and translational research will yield critical tools for and knowledge of NDDs, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, which affect millions of people worldwide.
The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize supports and empowers early-to-mid-career investigators to rethink conventional paradigms around NDDs. Modeled after the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research, the MIND Prize catalyzes interdisciplinary approaches and facilitate collaborations across academic departments and institutions. It fuels the groundbreaking research that will accelerate our understanding of NDDs at every level.
Projects may range from the invention of novel tools, techniques, and technologies for mapping and analyzing the brain to bold approaches that demonstrate extraordinary therapeutic potential. Research domains may include—but are not limited to—neurobiology, brain imaging and mapping, machine learning, drug delivery, and synthetic biology.
PSF seeks high-risk, high-reward proposals that focus on novel interdisciplinary approaches to neuroscience research and are grounded in sound reasoning from first principles. The MIND Prize was created to fund projects that have been deemed too risky or speculative for traditional funding sources but still hold the potential for radical impact. Investigators with or without core neuroscience backgrounds are encouraged to apply. PSF is committed to supporting scientists whose imagination and fresh insights could substantially change an area of research by applying their expertise to new directions.
Number of Grants:
Estimated Size of Grant:
Three years
Submit Letter of Intent: https://prizeapplication.smapply.io/
Please email info@mindprize.org with any questions.
Any questions concerning this RFP should be addressed to:
Christy Hudson (chudson@persq.org)
Program Director, The Pershing Square Foundation
Emily Hotaling (ehotaling@persq.org)
Program Associate, The Pershing Square Foundation