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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Reasons for
Actual Deviation revisions to
Audited Audited Planned Achievement from planned the Outputs/
Actual Actual Annual 2023/2024 target to Actual Output
Performance Performance Target until date of Achievement indicators/
No. Outcome Output No. Output indicator 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 re-tabling* 2023/2024 Reasons for deviations Annual Targets
Programme 5 – Research Translation
5.1 To facilitate the Local or 5.1.1 Number of local or 58 120 6 231 225 SAMRC is a world-renowned science council, No revision
translation of health international international policies, and its researchers are invariably approached
research policies, reports reports and guidelines that for scientific input into finding solutions for
and guidelines reference SAMRC research health issues, which led to overperformance.
that reference This overperformance indicates that SAMRC
SAMRC research plays a role in research translation by producing
these documents that inform health policies
and practices.
Reports and 5.1.2 Number of reports and 64 68 7 41 34 SAMRC is a world-renowned science council No revision
guidelines guidelines (co)produced by the and its researchers were highly involved in
produced by SAMRC intramural researchers production of reports and guidelines, hence
SAMRC intramural the target is exceeded. This overperformance
authors indicates that SAMRC plays a role in research
translation by producing these documents
that inform health policies and practices.
SAMRC researchers 5.1.3 Number of national or 96 205 50 202 152 SAMRC researchers are well sought after for No revision
invited/serving international bodies/ their scientific expertise. This is evident in the
on national and committees that SAMRC number of committees and bodies that staff
international employees serve on serve on. This overperformance indicates that
bodies/committees SAMRC researchers are good national and
international “citizens”, and they play a
role in research translation.
SAMRC supported 5.1.4 Number of conferences, 72 73 10 92 82 SAMRC supported and hosted more meetings No revision
conferences, seminars and continuing and workshops than projected, hence the target
seminars and development points workshops is exceeded. This overperformance indicates that
CPD workshops supported by the SAMRC SAMRC plays a role in research translation by
hosting and supporting these engagements.

Strategy to overcome areas of underperformance
Underperformance was noted in Programme 4, indicator 4.1.4, Number of awards by the SAMRC to MSc, PhD,
Postdocs and Early and Mid-Career Scientists from historically disadvantaged institutions (HDIs). Strategies
have been established to address this underperformance as highlighted in the deviation section of the
performance table above.

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