Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP)

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Mission

The mission of SHIP is to bring life-saving drugs, vaccines and medical devices to market by acting as a catalyst in the product development of new innovative interventions.

Act as a funding agency for leading multidisciplinary projects.
MRC fund the infrastructure and salaries
Actively manage and coordinate health innovation in South Africa within the strategic disease and technology focus areas.
Provide strategic and scientific leadership
Seek to augment gaps in the innovation pipeline by leveraging non-financial resources
Use funds flexibility between disease focus areas based on project needs.
Ensure that SHIP research is globally aligned and competitive through collaboration with other PDPs, such as MMV, AERAS etc.

Contact information:

Contact Details
2nd Floor Building A, MRC Medicina Campus, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow Valley, Cape Town
Tel: 021 938 0351; Fax: 021 938 0385; Email: info.ship@mrc.ac.za

The fund is not a competitive fund
web site: http://ship.mrc.ac.za/index.htm