About the Taringa Research and Innovation Platform (TRIP) programme
The vision of the Taringa Research and Innovation Platform (TRIP) programme is to contribute to improving hearing health outcomes of people by developing new options for inner-ear diagnosis and treatment that are not currently available.
Our long-term goal for the TRIP programme is to conduct proof-of-concept research that advances:
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New ways to deliver drugs to the inner ear, and
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New diagnostic technologies to help diagnose what is happening in the ear space to evaluate treatments.
We are committed to Aotearoa New Zealand partnerships and ways of working, including fully implementing our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi), and embedding a Kaupapa Māori approach across our operations and research. Our core values are collaboration and open, transparent culture.
TRIP is funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) through the Endeavour Fund, with funding administered through the University of Auckland, which supports the programme. We are also supported by Te Titoki Mataora through their clinical translation modules and the Research Acceleration Programs. Our commercialisation effort is supported by UniServices and the University of Auckland.