Minerva Foundation
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| Founded | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Helen and Elwin Marg |
| Type | Corporation |
| Focus | Neuroscience |
| Location | |
Region served | US |
| Method | Research Awards |
| Website | http://www.minervaberkeley.org |
The Minerva Foundation is a US-based non-profit, scientific and charitable foundation. It is headquartered in Berkeley, California. It was established in 1983 by Helen and Elwin Marg.[1] Other than the founders, directors include Richard M. Buxbaum, Lawrence W. Stark, Semir Zeki, Tamia Marg Anderson, Lila S. Crutchfield, and Vero Bollow.
The foundation was named after Minerva, the Roman goddess of, among other things, wisdom and medicine.[2]
Minerva Foundation is a not-for-profit, charitable foundation, dedicated to promoting novel approaches to the study of the visual brain. Since its inception in 1983, the foundation has honored exceptional scientists with its Golden Brain award and brought leading research to the general public through its series of conferences and other forums on creativity, perception, and brain science.