詹姆斯·弗雷泽·司徒塔特（James Fraser Stoddart）教授是分子机器研究的开拓者之一、2016年诺贝尔化学奖获得者、中国科学院外籍院士，在超分子化学领域享有极高的国际学术声誉，并有力推动了中国分子科学的发展。除积极培养中国籍博士、博士后及访问学者外，他还与国内多所学术机构建立了密切的合作关系，极大提升了中国超分子化学和分子机器基础研究的整体学术水平和国际声望，先后获得中国政府友谊奖、中华人民共和国国际科学技术合作奖等荣誉。多年来，司徒塔特教授与浙江大学建立了深厚情谊，作为浙江大学Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science（下简称SIMS）院长，推动成立了浙江大学杭州国际科创中心超分子新物质创制创新工坊，为浙江大学超分子化学领域的研究、高水平人才的培养以及一流学科的建设作出了重要贡献。
Sir James Fraser Stoddart, one of the pioneers in molecular machines, Nobel Prize Winner of Chemistry in 2016, and a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made significant contributions to molecular science in China with a high international academic impact in the field of supramolecular chemistry. In addition to cultivating Chinese doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars, he has also fostered extensive collaborations with many academic institutions in China, elevated the academic excellence and international recognition of research in the field of supramolecular chemistry and molecular machines in China substantially, and was granted such honors as Chinese Government’s Friendship Award and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China. Over the years, Professor Stoddart has developed a solid friendship with Zhejiang University. As a part-time professor and Dean of the Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science (SIMS), he has played a pivotal role in the establishment of Supramolecular New Material Creation Innovation Workshop of ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, contributing significantly to the research of supramolecular chemistry, cultivation of high-calibre talents, and the reinforcement of first-class disciplines of Zhejiang University.
为进一步推动超分子化学学科的快速发展，支持浙江大学教育事业，司徒塔特教授发起设立“浙江大学教育基金会司徒塔特科学基金”。
In order to promote the rapid development of supramolecular chemistry to support the education of Zhejiang University, Professor Stoddart took the initiative to establish “Stoddart Science Fund of Zhejiang University Education Foundation”.
本基金主要用于超分子化学和分子机器领域的人才培养、国际学术交流、科学研究以及奖励在该领域有突出贡献的人才等，以促进超分子化学及相关学科的发展。
The Fund shall be mainly used for supporting talent cultivation, international academic exchanges, scientific research, and awarding those who make outstanding contributions in the field of supramolecular chemistry and molecular machines to advance supramolecular chemistry and related disciplines.
本基金为开放型向社会各界募集的留本基金，接受海内外社会团体、企事业单位及个人等社会各界的自愿捐赠，主要使用基金增值部分，持续募集、永久留存、专款专用。
It is an open-ended endowment Fund welcoming voluntary donations from various social sectors at home and abroad, including social organizations, enterprises, institutions, and individuals. The appreciation portion of the Fund shall mainly be utilized and ongoing fundraising efforts will be conducted with permanent retention of the Fund.