Funding Amount

$10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Mensa Foundation Prize

Status: Active; prestigious award given since at least 2019

Geographic Scope: International

Focus Areas: Significant advances in research on intelligence, intelligence-related fields, and neuroscience

Award Amount: $10,000

Criteria: Recognizes the most significant advances in understanding intelligence and related phenomena. Recipients are internationally renowned researchers making groundbreaking contributions to the field.

Notable Recipients:

  • 2021: Dr. Danielle Posthuma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) – for research identifying nearly 1,000 genes associated with intelligence

  • 2019: Prof. Aron K. Barbey (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) – for advances in neuroscience of brain connectivity using fMRI mapping
  • Selection Process: Winners reviewed and selected by Foundation Prize Committee comprised of neuroscientists and other experts

    Contact: info@mensafoundation.org

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    science-research

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