Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)

The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is a partnership programme which challenges companies to match government funding for innovative research and development in South Africa. Managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), THRIP gives local industry the means to obtain specific responses to its technology needs, by unleashing the potential of our students, researchers, and science and technology experts. THRIP’s objectives and priorities ensure that projects not only result in competitive, world-class technologies, but that they also support the growth and transformation of the rainbow nation. THRIP focuses on projects that specifically promote and facilitate scientific research, technology development and technology diffusion, or any combination of these. All projects funded by THRIP must include human resource development, but the choice of technological focus is left to the industrial participants and their partners. The industry and the dti share the costs – and therefore the risk – of developing commercial technology on a R2 to R1 basis (industry: the dti). the dti’s support may be doubled if a project supports certain THRIP priorities. Contact information Dr. Mphekgo Maila Tel: +27 (12) 481 4131 Email: Mphekgo@nrf.ac.za For more information regarding THRIP please click on the Related Information link below.
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