The Huo Family Foundation

This month, HFF spoke with Annabel Shi, former teaching fellow and now fundraiser at 美丽中国 Teach For China. She spoke to us about her upbringing in Shanghai and the U.K., her experience teaching for two years at a school in the Guangdong province, and her thoughts on 美丽中国 Teach For China. Read more at the link below!👇 https://lnkd.in/eThseUif

Following our September board meeting, the Foundation is thrilled to have approved grants to two leading London institutions, as it continues to champion curatorial and research excellence in the museum and gallery sectors. The grants will be awarded to upcoming exhibitions held at The Courtauld Institute of Art and at The British Museum. Read more about the exhibitions at the link below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/eZDqWUq3

For our September feature, we had the pleasure of speaking with Laura Stevenson, Executive Director of The Old Vic. She spoke to us about her early career in management consulting, her transition into the visual and performing arts, and the highlights of working at The Old Vic. Read more at the link below! https://lnkd.in/eqkkHVyg

The Foundation is excited to be establishing a research portfolio on the Impact of Digital Technology on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Young People. We plan to issue an open call for multi-year research proposals in early 2025. Whilst we prepare this major call, we are providing small pilot grants of up to £25k/$33k for early-career researchers investigating the impact of digital technology on young people. Click the link below for further information about these grants and on how to apply (deadline is 17 November 2024). 👇 #research #pilotgrants #digitaltechnology #mentalhealth #braindevelopment https://lnkd.in/gGCZnB-y

The Huo Family Foundation is delighted to announce its plan for a major investment in a new research initiative focused on understanding the impact of digital technology on brain development, on social interactions and behaviours, and on mental health in young people. This programme aims to support the best scientific research in this domain as well as to train the next generation of exceptional scientists in this rapidly evolving field. Dr. Gary Wilson, former Head of the Science Portfolio at the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, has been appointed as the Director of Research. He will work closely with Professor Paul Elliott of Imperial College London, who is overseeing the programme in an advisory role. Click the link below to read further about the grant programme! #research #technology #impact #mentalhealth https://lnkd.in/ecBS3Eb6

For our August edition of In Conversation With, we were delighted to speak with Yu Ping Luk, one of the three curators of the The British Museum’s exhibition “Silk Roads”, opening this September 26. Yu-ping talked to us about her curatorial studies in Australia and the U.K., the background for the “Silk Roads” exhibition, and exciting international loans to look out for in the show. Read more at the link below! #arts #history #London #philanthropy #museums https://lnkd.in/gx9_gM3N

For the month of July, we had the pleasure of speaking with Nitya Nadgir, who started a two-year fellowship at Princeton University’s Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy in 2023. She told us about her interdisciplinary undergraduate studies at Tufts University, the research projects she is collaborating on at CITP, and her thoughts on AI.   Read more at the link below! #AI #science #technology #society #philanthropy #research https://lnkd.in/gJwzCW5j

Following our June board meeting, the Huo Family Foundation is pleased to confirm funding for four grants, furthering its mission to support education, communities and the pursuit of knowledge. HFF continues to support education in China through a renewed grant to Teach for China. It is also delighted to continue its partnership with Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art through exhibition support. Read more about our giving and the upcoming sponsored exhibitions at the link below. #philanthropy #thearts #finearts #exhibitions #education https://lnkd.in/ei2_am9n

This month, we spoke with Dávid Puskás, the 4th scholar of the P.C. Ho Studentship at the University of Cambridge, who is pursuing a PhD in Astrophysics. He discussed his early days competing in the national Olympiads, his time studying Physics at UCL, and his current research work with the James Webb Space Telescope Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey team. Read more at the link below! #physics #astrophysics #JWST #philanthropy #research #sciences https://lnkd.in/gPMPvnpJ

Ahead of the opening of the Natural History Museum’s exhibition "Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre" next Friday, we are pleased to share our May conversation with Head of Exhibitions & Galleries, CHARLOTTE STONE, and Exhibitions & Interpretation Manager, Susan Holmes. Charlotte and Susan spoke with us about the museum’s team of 300 scientists, the idea behind the Birds exhibition, and how the show aims to bring attention to the current plight of birds and the state of the natural world. Read the full conversation at the link below! #science #birds #conservation #london #philanthropy https://lnkd.in/ed6NmDf6