The Croucher Foundation is a private trust set up by the late Noel Croucher, one of the founders of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a British businessman in Hong Kong for over 70 years. It is a private, independent foundation based in Hong Kong without affiliation to any organisation. It derives income entirely from its own global investments and does not accept donations or support from any government. In 2006, the Croucher Foundation Limited has been formed as a separate entity to take over all the grant-making responsibilities of the Foundation. Unless otherwise stated, all the grants introduced on this website are offered by the Croucher Foundation Limited.
The Foundation is governed by a Board whose present Chairman is Professor Y.W. Kan, FRS. Its main office is in Hong Kong.
The Foundation specializes in promoting the standard of natural science, technology and medicine in Hong Kong through awards and grants to scientists based in and serving Hong Kong. The work of the Foundation has been conducted with the support of panels of international experts invited to assess the scientific values of individual projects.
To facilitate Hong Kong's relations in science with mainland China and internationally, the Foundation has partnership agreements with scientific bodies including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, DAAD in Germany; and CNRS, INRIA and Institut Pasteur in France. These partnerships generate collaborative activities funded by the Foundation, which also provides exploratory occasional grants for exchanges with countries ready to take an interest in working with Hong Kong, such as the Czech Republic.
Address: The Croucher Foundation Suite 501 Nine Queen's Road Central Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2736 6337
Fax: (852) 2730 0742
Email : [email protected]
