The Heilbrunn Center offers prizes and scholarships to support aspiring value investors.

For more information or application instructions, please contact valueinvesting@gsb.columbia.edu.

Heilbrunn Fellowship and Scholarship Programs

The Heilbrunn Fellowship and Scholarship programs was established by Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn.

The fellowship and scholarship each are awarded to an outstanding student, with special consideration given to those with a background in securities analysis. The fellowship is a full-tuition merit award, and the scholarship is need-based.

The fellowship is awarded by The Office of Admissions and via the need-based scholarship process of the Office of Fiancial Aid. For more information, please contact finaid@gsb.columbia.edu.

Pershing Square Challenge

The Pershing Square [Philanthropic] Challenge marks the culmination of a three-month competition among roughly forty teams of first- and second-year Columbia Business School Students. Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, launched the challenge in 2008. The challenge is open to students who are enrolled in Applied Security Analysis.

After an initial round of eliminations, five final teams present at the Pershing Square Finals event, hosted by Bill Ackman. A panel of judges then selects the winning teams, which receive a financial prize from Pershing Square.  In maintaining the original goal of educating students who are ready to take on leadership roles as value investors, students shall decide the amount of the prize that they wish to keep and the amount that they wish to donate to a charitable organization.

Learn more about the Pershing Square Challenge.