Founded | 1983 |
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Founder | Helen and Elwin Marg |
Type | Corporation |
Focus | Neuroscience |
Location | |
Area 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]