Page 60 - SAMRC Annual Performance Plan 2026-27

PART C: MEASURING SAMRC PERFORMANCE
continued

10.2 Programme 2: Lead the generation of new knowledge and funding of research
Purpose: Promote the improvement of health and quality of life and the advancement of science in
South Africa through research

Table 19. Programme 2 – Outcomes, Outputs, Performance Indicators and Targets

ANNUAL TARGETS
ESTIMATED
OUTPUT AUDITED/ACTUAL PERFOR-
OUTCOME OUTPUTS INDICATOR PERFORMANCE MANCE MTEF PERIOD
2022/ 2023/ 2024/ 2025/ 2026/ 2027/ 2028/
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2.1. To produce Accepted and/ 2.1.1 Number of 1455 1294 1339 1000 900 1025 1025
and promote or published accepted and/
scientific conference or published
excellence and proceedings, conference
the reputation abstracts, proceedings,
of South journal articles, abstracts,
African health book chapters journal articles,
research and books by book chapters
SAMRC affiliated and books by
and funded SAMRC affiliated
authors and funded
authors
Accepted and/ 2.1.2 Number of 445 373 465 220 220 300 290
or published accepted and/
conference or published
proceedings, conference
abstracts, proceedings,
journal articles, abstracts, journal
book chapters articles, book
and books by chapters and
SAMRC grant- books by SAM-
holders RC grant-hold-
ers with ac-
knowledgement
of the SAMRC
support
2.2 To provide Accepted and/ 2.2.1 Number of 775 646 673 650 500 500 500
leadership in or published accepted and/
the generation conference or published
of new proceedings, conference
knowledge in abstracts, proceedings,
health journal articles, abstracts, journal
book chapters articles, book
and books chapters and
books where
the first and/
or last author is
affiliated to the
SAMRC
2.3 To provide Research grants 2.3.1 Number of 174 221 197 210 210 210 210
funding for awarded research grants
the conduct of funded by the
health research SAMRC

58 SAMRC ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2026/27