The Human Capital Foundation is an international, non-commercial,
independent charity with headquarter located in London and regulated by
Charity Commission of England and Wales.
It was established on April 3,
2003 by Dr. Andrey P. Vavilov with the purpose of restoring the best
traditions of pre-revolutionary Russian patronage of art and science.
The
key mission of the Human Capital Foundation is to contribute to
modernization of Russia by creating favorable conditions for
development of science and supporting high-technological businesses.
The Foundation promotes by all means dissemination and utilization of
scientific knowledge of high priority and value for modern Russia.
The
activity of the Foundation is aimed at achieving optimal and effective
ways of supporting the work of Russian scientists, on maintaining of
the Russian fundamental science and raising its prestige. Besides that,
the Foundation is engaged in promotion of practical implementation of
sponsored projects.
To fulfill these tasks, the Human Capital
Foundation selects the best research projects through open contests
conducted on an annual basis. The contests are organized according to
the transparent rules and procedures presented on the web-site of Human
Capital Foundation. The Foundation conducts a qualified expertise of
applications with the help of the best experts in corresponding fields.
The Foundation provides financing of selected research projects and
effectively controls the process of their implementation.
To
ensure objective and unbiased assessment of applied projects, the Human
Capital Foundation has established an Expert Council for each field of
research. Currently, the Foundation is financing three spheres of
research activity represented by economics, informational technologies
and physics. Although the members of Expert Councils are absolutely
independent in evaluation and decision making, the Foundation has
clearly defined some priorities. For instance, the preferred projects
in economics concern social-economic problems of practical importance
for Russia and its regions. Priorities for projects in physics lie
merely in energy problems.
The results of contests are published on the site of the Human Capital Foundation: http://www.hcfoundation.ru/index.php?pid=26
Management Board
The foundation is managed by the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is the top managing body with exclusive competence for:
- defining major directions of the Foundation's activity and approving charity programs;
- financing under charity programs;
- approving the Expert council;
- approving of experts.
Prof. Nikolay Laletin I.
Doctor of Physics & Mathematics, professor, Chief Researcher of the Institute for Nuclear Reactor (NRI) of the Russian Research Center (RRC) "Kurchatov Institute"
Prof. Alexey Pomansky B.
Doctor of economics, professor, director of the Institute for Financial Studies.
Georgiy Trofimov Y. Ph. D.
Economics, the chief economist of the Institute for Financial Studies.
Anthony Smith
CBE MA, was President of Magdalen College, Oxford till 2005 and Director of the British Film Institute between 1979 and 1988.
