page_title: Shake it Up Australia Foundation
section_title: Partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation
hierarchical_section_title: Shake it Up Australia Foundation / Partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael J. Fox speaking at Lotusphere 2012
context_page_description: The Shake It Up Australia Foundation is an Australian non-for-profit foundation founded in 2011 by Clyde and Greg Campbell. It is partnered with the Michael J. Fox Foundation to achieve the foundations primary aims of “promoting and funding Parkinson’s disease research in Australia to slow, stop and cure the disease”. Together MJFF and SIUAF are the largest non-government funders of Parkinson's research across multiple institutes in Australia. Since its founding, the foundation has co-founded 38 Parkinson's research projects across 12 institutes to the value of over $10.8 million. The foundation's funding model ensures that 100% of proceeds goes towards Parkinson's research in Australia. This is possible due to the founding directors covering all overhead costs and expenses. In January 2019, Shake It Up are one of the partner organisation in the Australian Parkinson's Mission which was awarded a $30 million-dollar grant to test repurposed drugs in clinical trials.
context_section_description: Clyde's goal of finding a cure for Parkinson's led him to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research in the USA and the work they do to fund medical research targeted at finding better treatments, and a cure. In 2011, the Shake It Up Australia Foundation established a collaboration with the Michael J. Fox Foundation. This leveraged MJFF's Parkinson's drug development to Australia.
  The Michael J. Fox Foundation was founded in 2000 by actor Michael J Fox, funding more than $800 million in research to date. MJFF approach of assessing, funding and project managing research globally eliminates redundancy, ensures efficiency and unites the global community to find a cure. This collaboration builds a strong foundation for promising research. The partnership allows the Shake it Up Foundation to be internationally competitive and strategically managed. It allows both parties to maximise capital raised from the Australian Parkinson's community to accelerate better research and treatments to slow, stop and cure the disease.
caption: Michael J. Fox (Diagnosed with Parkinson's at age 29, in 1991)
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