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OUTPUTS, OUTPUT INDICATORS,
TARGETS AND ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

DEVIATION
ACTUAL FROM PLANNED
AUDITED AUDITED ACHIEVEMENT TARGET TO
ACTUAL ACTUAL PLANNED 2025/2026 ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE ANNUAL TARGET UNTIL DATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
OUTCOME OUTPUT OUTPUT INDICATOR 2023/24 2024/25 2025/2026 RE-TABLING 2025/2026 REASONS FOR DEVIATIONS
Programme 1: Administer health research effectively and efficiently, and in accordance with good corporate governance practices
1.1. To ensure good Clean audit opinion 1.1.1 A clean audit opinion Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit Not applicable
governance, effective on the SAMRC from
administration and the Auditor-General
compliance with South Africa
government regulations

1.2 To promote the Efficient expenditure of 1.2.1 Expenditure on 19% 19.53% 20% 17.25% 2.75% Over performance on administrative expenditure reflects
organisation’s government allocated administration from the SAMRC’s efficient and effective (operational) processes.
administrative efficiency budget government budget These processes enabled the organisation to allocate a greater
to maximise the funds allocated to the SAMRC proportion of available funds towards its core mandate of
available for research, does not exceed a set conducting and funding research.
capacity development percentage
and innovation
Programme 2: Lead the generation of new knowledge and funding of research
2.1. To produce and Accepted and/or 2.1.1 Number of accepted 1 294 1 339 1 000 1 491 491 The results were driven by the consistent application of SOPs,
promote scientific published conference and/or published stronger stakeholder collaboration, and the securing of additional
excellence and the proceedings, abstracts, conference proceedings, funding during the 2025/2026 reporting period. This enabled
reputation of South journal articles, book abstracts, journal articles, SAMRC to support and produce more research outputs than
African health research chapters and books by book chapters and books originally planned. The initial target did not factor in the possibility
SAMRC affiliated and by SAMRC affiliated of increased resources and expanded research activity.
funded authors and funded authors
Accepted and/or 2.1.2 Number of accepted 373 465 220 509 289 The results were driven by consistent application of SOPs,
published conference and/or published stronger stakeholder collaboration, and securing additional
proceedings, abstracts, conference proceedings, funding during 2025/2026 reporting period. This enabled
journal articles, book abstracts, journal articles, SAMRC to support and produce more research outputs than
chapters and books by book chapters and books originally planned. The initial target did not factor in the
SAMRC grant holders by SAMRC grant-holders possibility of increased resources and expanded research activity.
with acknowledgement
of the SAMRC support

2.2 To provide leadership Accepted and/or 2.2.1 Number of accepted 646 673 650 764 114 The results were driven by consistent application of SOPs,
in the generation of published conference and/or published stronger stakeholder collaboration, and securing additional
new knowledge in proceedings, abstracts, conference proceedings, funding during 2025/2026 reporting period. This enabled
health journal articles, book abstracts, journal articles, SAMRC to support and produce more research outputs than
chapters and books book chapters and books originally planned. The initial target did not factor in the
where the first and/ or possibility of increased resources and expanded research activity.
last author is affiliated
to the SAMRC

2.3 To provide funding Research grants 2.3.1 Number of research 221 197 210 333 123 The increase in funded grants was driven by additional financial
for the conduct of awarded grants funded by resources secured through new partnerships and collaborations,
health research the SAMRC as well as higher-than-anticipated renewal rates for ongoing
projects. Consequently, SAMRC was able to award and renew
more research grants than initially planned, as the original target
did not account for these expanded funding opportunities.

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