Page 78 - SAMRC Annual Performance Plan 2026-27

PART D: TECHNICAL INDICATOR DESCRIPTIONS
continued

Table 38. Programme 3 continued

3.2.1 Number of innovation disclosures made by the SAMRC
INDICATOR TITLE
employees and students
Total number of innovations developed by the SAMRC employees
and students that have been identified as potential intellectual
DEFINITION
property with commercial or social value and disclosed to the
SAMRC’s Technology Transfer Office
SOURCE OF DATA Grants Innovation and Product Development (GIPD)
Count the number of new disclosures submitted to the SAMRC
METHOD OF CALCULATION/ASSESSMENT
Technology Transfer Office
ASSUMPTIONS The evidence presented to the auditors is reliable, relevant and valid
REPORTING CYCLE Annual

DESIRED PERFORMANCE To achieve the set target for the reporting period
INDICATOR RESPONSIBILITY Executive Director: Grants Innovation and Product Development

Table 39. Programme 4 - Capacity Development

4.1.1 Number of SAMRC career and capacity development awards
INDICATOR TITLE to all recipients for Masters’, PhDs, Postdocs, Early-Career and
Mid-Career Scientists
Total number of full or partial awards (scholarships, fellowships and
grants) funded by the SAMRC to all recipients for Masters, PhD,
DEFINITION Postdocs, Early Career and Mid-Career Scientists that are aimed at
supporting career development of the awardee and/or research
capacity development of an institution
SOURCE OF DATA Research Capacity Development (RCD)
Count the number awards by the SAMRC that are aimed at
METHOD OF CALCULATION/ASSESSMENT supporting career development of the awardee and/or research
capacity development of an institution
ASSUMPTIONS The evidence presented to the auditors is reliable, relevant and valid

REPORTING CYCLE Annual
DESIRED PERFORMANCE To achieve the set target for the reporting period

INDICATOR RESPONSIBILITY Executive Director: Grants Innovation and Product Development

76 SAMRC ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2026/27