Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation (SHMDF), founded in January 2005, is a non-profit juridical person which has been declared of public administrative utility, registered at the Identification Department of the Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region. Donations to the Foundation are deductible from the donor’s income up to 2% of the gross revenue generated by sales/services.
Mission
The aim of the Foundation is to promote, develop and finance socially beneficial, educational, academic, economical, charitable, cultural, recreational, athletic, scientific and technological research activities, whereby the knowledge level and quality of the above activities may be enhanced ─ especially those activities relating to improving the quality of medical service in Macau and other regions in China and financing the training of medical practitioners and workers in the techniques and technologies in their areas of expertise.
Establishment of the grant
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the University of Macau (UM), the Foundation established a designated fund titled “Set Sail for New Horizons, Create the Future” Grant which was first opened for applications in 2021, granting MOP 1 million per year for 10 years. The allocated funding is to support the nurturing of talents in the areas of health sciences and big data healthcare applications, and to support young scholars to venture into innovation and breakthroughs in their research areas.
All in all, the “Set Sail for New Horizons, Create the Future” projects have achieved remarkable progress and significant results in terms of research promotion, academic exchange and talent nurturance. It will continue to encourage the development of health sciences and healthcare applications at UM.
