The Nichols have been long-time supporters of the arts in Hawaiʻi. Their involvement with the film community in Hawai’i started with bringing the Sundance ShortsLab team to Honolulu in conjunction with the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) in 2015. This was followed by support of Native Hawaiian Sundance Fellows in a Sundance Native Labs workshop at HoMA in 2016 and in a Sundance Indigenous x Hawaiʻi Intensive in Honolulu in 2024. These events have fostered engagement in projects by Native Hawaiian filmmakers through the NICHOLS Family Film Fund, most notably WAIKIKI the Film, an award-winning feature film by Chris Kahunahana; KA PIKO, a short narrative film by Bryson Chun; HAWAIIAN SOUL, an award-winning short film about George Helm by ʻĀina Paikai, Kaliko Maii and Justyn Ah Chong; E MALAMA PONO, WILLY BOY, a narrative by Kekama Amona and Nani Ross; THE QUEEN’S FLOWERS, an award-winning animated short by Ciara Lacy; KUKINI, an award-winning short by Mitchel Merrick and Paula Fuga; DASHER, an award-winning short by Alex Bocchieri and Bryson Chun; and The MAN AND THE TREE by Justyn Ah Chong, among several other film projects past and present. In addition, the NICHOLS Family Film Fund provided cash awards for the winners in the juried Made-in-Hawaiʻi film program at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. The Nichols bring extensive experience in research, publication, and education. Linda is a former Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, having received her training at Yale University. She practiced at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center for many years, where she helped to establish one of the first pediatric clinics for infants and young children of teenage parents in New York City. Linda serves as the Chair of the SCA Advisory Board. Robert is a Professor Emeritus of Cell & Molecular Biology at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine, having received his training at Stanford, Yale and Rockefeller Universities. Robert has published extensively on his research on Alzheimer’s disease. Robert also served on several scientific journal editorial boards and grant panels.