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Table 22. Programme 3 – Indicators and Quarterly Targets

ANNUAL
REPORTING TARGET
OUTPUT INDICATORS FREQUENCY (2026/27) QUARTERLY TARGETS 2026/27
1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th
3.1.1 Number of innovation and technology Annually 38 N/A N/A N/A 38
projects funded by the SAMRC aimed at
developing, testing and/or implementing
new or improved health solutions
3.2.1 Number of innovation disclosures made Annually 1 N/A N/A N/A 1
by the SAMRC employees and students

10.4 Programme 4: Building sustainable health research human capacity in South
Africa

Purpose: To provide funding and supervision support for career development and/or institutional
research capacity development to build the next generation of scientists in the broad field of health

Table 23. Programme 4 – 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
4.1 To enhance Full or partial 4.1.1 Number of 171 184 199 110 130 140 150
the long-term awards (scholar- SAMRC career and
sustainability ships, fellowships capacity develop-
of health and grants) funded ment awards to all
research in by the SAMRC to recipients for Mas-
South Africa all recipients for ters’, PhDs, Postdocs,
by providing Masters’, PhD, Post- Early-Career and
funding and doc, Early-Career Mid-Career Scien-
supervision and Mid-Career tists
support Scientists
for career
development Full or partial 4.1.2 Number of 120 122 137 80 90 100 110
and/or awards (scholar- SAMRC career
institutional ships, fellowships and capacity
research and grants) funded development
capacity by the SAMRC to fe- awards to female
development male recipients for recipients for
Masters’, PhD, Post- Masters’, PhDs,
doc, Early-Career Postdocs, Early-
and Mid-Career Career and Mid-
Scientists Career Scientists
Full or partial 4.1.3 Number of 118 121 127 90 100 105 110
awards (scholar- SAMRC career and
ships, fellowships capacity develop-
and grants) funded ment awards to
by the SAMRC to Black South African
Black South African citizens and per-
citizens and per- manent resident
manent resident recipients for Mas-
recipients for Mas- ters’, PhDs, Postdocs,
ters’, PhD, Postdoc, Early-Career and
Early-Career and Mid-Career Scien-
Mid-Career Scien- tists
tists

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