NIMR FOUNDATION

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Foundation (NIMR Foundation) is a private, not-for-profit organization established by the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in February 2020 and registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT/NO 143431). NIMR is the apex medical research organisation charged with the responsibility to conduct research into diseases and conditions of public health importance in Nigeria... NIMR Foundation has the mandate to build and expand capacity for translational research among early career investigators and promote innovation, development and commercialization of home-grown medicines, vaccines and technologies to address the health problems of Nigeria in particular, and Africa at large. The Foundation will do everything that NIMR is currently doing and should be doing given the broad mandate imposed by the Law establishing the Institute back in 1977 from a service perspective. The differentiating factor is that the Foundation will utilise..