Page 8 - Annual Report - Summative Report 2024-2025

In 2024/2025, RCD’s programmes have continued to contribute to the SAMRC’s strategic objectives of administering
health research effectively and efficiently, leading the generation of new knowledge and building human capacity for the
long-term sustainability of health research in South Africa. RCD’s programmes are divided into Scholarships and Career
Awards/Grants as depicted in the figure below.

SCHOLARSHIPS CAREER AWARDS/GRANTS

Bongani Mayosi National Health Clinician Researcher Develop- SAMRC Intramural Clinician Post-Doc
Scholars Programme ment Programme Post-Doc Programme Career Development

SAMRC Postgraduate Research Researcher Development Mid-Career Research Capacity Development
Associate Programme Programme Scientists Programme Initiative for HDIS
Specialized Training in Vaccinolo- Nested RCDI Nested RCDI
gy/Biostatistics Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foun- Post-Doc Programme PhD Programme
dation Scholarship Programme
Early-Career SAMRC Extramural
Scientists Programme Post-Doc Programme

Early Career
MSc PhD Post doc Mid Career Scientist
Scientist
Health practitioners, Clinicians, Biomedical Scientists, Biostatisticians, Bioinformaticists Established researcher

Scholarship and grant programmes managed by the division of Research Capacity Development

The total number of funded beneficiaries (career awards/grants and scholarships), including new intake for the 2024/25
reporting period, exceeded the annual target of 130 by 69. The total performance for indicator 4.1.1 is 199. The number
of beneficiaries and the amount invested in 2024/25 for each programme are listed in the Table below.

Number of
Career Award/Grant Programme Category beneficiaries Amount invested
SAMRC Mid-Career Scientists Scientists (PI) 8 12,000,000.00
SAMRC Research Capacity Development Initiative Scientists (PI) 16 5,430,000.00
Post-doctoral Fellows 8 2,800,000.00
PhD 17 2,700,000.00
SAMRC Extramural Post-doctoral Fellowship Programme Post-doctoral Fellows 10 3,500,000.00
SAMRC Intramural Post-doctoral Fellowship Programme Post-doctoral Fellows 16 4,277,082.67
SAMRC Clinician Post-doctoral Career Development Award Clinician post-PhD 1 550,000.00
SAMRC Early Investigators Programme Scientists (PI) 12 6,000,000.00
Total Grants 88 37,257,082.67
Number of
Scholarship Programme Category beneficiaries Amount invested
SAMRC Researcher Development Programme PhD 8 1,566,163.54
Bongani Mayosi-National Health Scholars Programme PhD 16 4,622,876.18
Biostatistics Capacity Development Initiative MSc 8 1,395,631.00
SAMRC Clinician Researcher Development Programme PhD 28 8,148,217.32
SAMRC Postgraduate Research Associate Programme MSc and PhD 33 6,087,367.75
(previously SAMRC Internship Scholarship Programme)
The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation MSc and PhD 13 3,591,347.50
Scholarship Programme
CSSFF-SAMRC UWC MSc in Pharmacy Administration MSc 2 195,000.00
and policy regulation
SAPRIN Nodal PhD Fellowship PhD 3 520,000.00
Total Scholarships 111 26,126,603.29
Totals 199 63, 383,685.96

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