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Huo Family Foundation’s Effects of Digital Technology Use on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Young People, Due May 23, 2025

Huo Family Foundation (HFF) has issued a call for proposals for the effects of the usage of digital technology on brain development, social behaviors, and mental health in children and young people. The rapid rise and use of digital technology has permeated much of society and transformed the way many humans interact. There has been a broad array of research efforts that mostly have involved relatively crude measures of the amount of usage of digital technology (e.g. total screen time) and the observed effects and impact on health. Despite these efforts, the full implications—both positive and negative—on human physiology, psychology, behavior, well-being, and mental health remain unclear.   Amount: $169,000-$390,000. Deadline: 5/23/25.