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NRF Mandate

Support and promote research and knowledge generation through human capacity development

Support and promote research and knowledge generation through the provision of National Research Platforms

Strengthen the relationship between Science and Society through Science Engagement

Contribute to National Imperatives

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N RF Strategy 2020

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Strategic Outcomes: Values:

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Passion for excellence World-class Service

People-Centred Respect

lntegnty and Ethics Accountability

Vision: ... Catalysing knowledge production

for societal benem.

Mission: ... To contribute to the knowledge economy m South Africa by attaifllng at least 1 % of the global research

and cieve/opmf)(lt (R&DJ output by 2020.

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Value of the NRF to the NSI

The NRF contributes to increasing the number of doctoral graduates in the NSI

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Value of the NRF to the NSI

Average time to completion

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Times to Completion - NRF Funded Students

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Financial overview

Total expenditure - parliamentary grant and designated income for 2017/18 (Rm)

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2780 59%

• Corporate

• Science Engagement

Research Grants, Equipment & Bursaries

• Biodiversity, Environmental & Conservation Science Research Platforms

• Nuclear Science Research Platforms

• Astronomy & Geosciencesc Research Platforms (incl. SKA SA)

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Value of the NRF to the NSI HCD

Students Support in NRF Broad Categories

Englnaorlng, 1364 (10%)

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• Economics, 1096 (8%)

• Low, 107 (1%)

• Computer :ind lnfo~tlon Sclonco,

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• M;thom;"tt lcal Scionco, 459 (3%)

Modal and Hcil lth Scloncos, 1227 (9%)

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Adequacy of Reach - 2017/18

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• 513 fundable emerging researchers including post-doctoral fellows could not be supported • 3 193 fundabie masters and doctoral students could not be supported

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Value of the NRF to the NSI

Research outputs- NRF funded researchers contributed 42% (7 158 Web of Science publications) of the total South African R&D Outputs in 2015

WoS Publlcations:South Africa • WoS Publications NRF Funded Authors

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Value of the NRF to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

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Female 32%

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• 13 SARChl Chairs focussing Mathematic: Numeracy Education: Integrated studies of learning Languages. Mathematics and Science: Teacher Education: Higher Education and Human development: and Work Integrated Leaming.

• Science Education Is an Integral component In encouraging the exploration of STEMI as a career. Focussed Initiatives cater for teacher training and learner engagement opportunities:

• 40 SARChl Chairs focussing on HIV Vaccination Translation: Detection of Cardiovascular diseases: Poverty related diseases; TB Blomarkers: Malaria etc.

• 3 CoEs focussing on epidemiology, HIV Prevention and Biomedical TB Research • IThemb;i LABS supplies rare Isotopes global for the ear1y detection and treatment of

cancers and provides the only cancer treatment facility of Its kind on the continent

• The NRF funds Research Renewable Energy Solutions through : • Energy Human Gapacity Development and Knowledge Generation (EHCD&KG)

Programme : the Energy Research Programme (ERP); • iThomba LABS provide nuclear research infrastructure; • The NRF also provided wortd class research Infrastructure In various science

domains

• 16 SARChl Chairs focussing on a rage of contributing themes Including Human mobility: Social-Ecological Systems Resilience: Applied poverty Reduction and the Sociology of Land. Environmental and Sustainable Development:

• 1 CoE in Human Development has certain complementary themes)n.r.esearching the socio-economic development of Individuals and societies ,.,.,.,,,. ··· .· .. ·

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Value of the NRF to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

• 2 UK/ SA SARChl Bilateral Chairs focussing Food Security;

FOOD SECURITY • 2 SARChl Chairs focussing of systems Biology for Food Security and

Phytochemlcal food networks from a nutrition perspective • 1 CoE focussing on sustainable food systems to realise food security for poor,

w lnerable and marginal populations.

• 30 SARChl Chairs focussing on environmental research in areas such as Agricultural Sciences; Agro-<:hemlstry; Evolution Biology; as well as Climate Change; earth System Science; Marine Ecosystems and Paleo environmental Studies;

• 3 CoEs In Biodiversity, Conservation and Biotechnology. • The National Research Facilities through SAEON and SAIAB have contributed

to National Polley development around the protection of Environmental assets

CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER WORLD

• The NRF builds on its brand and reputation to foster international research partnerships :and scientific collaboration on the African continent and globally, thus playing a role In creating a better South Africa and Africa.

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• The NRF Contributes through the effective generation, communication and dissemination of knowledge to society to this end. the NRF has: ,.,, .

• 2 SARChl Chairs In Science Communication >?i:·<l .. ,

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Researchers currently not supported by the NRF

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Value of the NRF to the NSI

% . System Performance (2011 to 2017) increase

61 % Increase in number of doctoral students supported by NRF

80% Increase in NRF supported doctoral graduates

56% Increase in number of South African WoS publications

29% Increase in proportion of global WoS publications

47% Increase in number of female rated researchers

71 % Increase in number of black rated researchers

12,8% Increase in normalized citation impact (currently 1,23)

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Value of the NRF to the NSI UWC - A Case Study

57 year old historically disadvantaged university with a rich history of advocating cultural and

racial tolerance

1 596 permanent staff supporting a student body of 20 582"

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60% of the student population is female

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UWC Postgraduate Student Enrolment

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NRF Grant Support to UWC

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UWC: Overall Research Performance

Social Sciences

Arts und Humanities

Publication by field of study SdVal Extraction Tlmo porlod: 2010-2014

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Mathematics

Physics and Astronomy

Chemistry

Materials Science

Engineering

Environmental Science

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Medicine Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Biochemistry. Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology

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UWC Research Excellence

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Desmond Tutu Centre for Spirit uality and Society

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National Research Infrastructure Platforms

Support and promote research and knowledge generation through the provision of National Research Infrastructure Platforms

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The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Internationally recognised centre for research into aquatic biodiversity.

• Research agenda • includes a broad spectrum of aquatic environments. from marine offshore to continental freshwater

catchments:

aligned to the national imperatives of various departments within the NSI. These include the DST: DEA: DAFF and the Presidency

• SAIAB houses one of the largest fish collections on African Fish, the largest in Africa.

South Africa's last ·unseen frontier'" ·A picture taken at a depth of 160 meters off the East London coast.

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Value of NRF-SAIAB to the NSI

Platform Needed for: Used by:

National Collections & Blobanks:

Coastal craft fleet

National acoustic telemetry array (120 marine underwater base stations that track fish migration)

National remote visual platform

Fisheries management, drug discovery, conservation

Operation Phakisa, marine research, fisheries, mining impact assessments

Fisheries management, conservation, climate change

Fisheries management, Marine Protected areas, climate change, subsistence fisheries

Scientists and students around the world.

Universities, ORI, Rhodes, CSIR, SharksBoard, BayWorld, SANParks, DEA

Universities, ORI, Rhodes, SharksBoard, BayWorld, SANParks, CAPE Nature, Sharkspotters, DAFF, DEA

DAFF, DEA, UCT, Rhodes, ORI, Sanparks, SANBI, UWC

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Value of NRF-SAIAB to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

Research contributed to the following areas:

Fisheries management (Freshwater & Marine)

Which fish stocks can bo used and how much can wo

take?

How do wo ensure sustalnabl1lty in our fishing efforts?

Climate change

How will climate change impact whore our fish arc found?

Freshwater management

How much freshwater can we take out of our rivers and

estuaries without damaging them?

Conservation

Whore should wo put our protected areas and how many

should we have?

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Value of NRF-SAIAB to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

ACEP Phulisa programme. Provides opportunities for historically disadvantaged

students

Increase in number of black students studying aquatic biodiversity. Increase in number of doctoral degrees A similar programme has just been started UniVen and Limpopo.

DEA: • Invasive species management • State of the Environment Reporting

• Contributions to climate change country report and associated mitigation strategies

WRC: • Rural fisheries management

DAFF: • National Line fish assessments

Presidency: • lab participants and action leaders

OPERATION PHAKISA OCEANS

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iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences - LABS

• iThemba LABS is the only nuclear facility of its kind on the African Continent

• Core research centres around Nuclear Physics, Materials Research, Radiation Biophysics,

and Radionuclide research;

• The National Facility is the only producer of:

accelerator-based radiopharmaceuticals for nuclear medicine;

• mainstream radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography (PET) studies in

South Africa

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Value of the NRF-iThemba LABS to the NSI

The transdisciplinary research agenda of iThemba LABS brings together scientists working in the physical, medical and biological sciences to solve real world problems

while still considering the origin and evolution of the universe.

SA Coll:iborators :ind Usors of tho Pl:itforms

University of the Western Cape University of Cape Town

University of Stellenbosch cape Peninsula University of Science and Technology

University of the Witwatersrand University of Pretoria North West University Fort Hare University

University of KwaZulu Natal University of Zululand North West University

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University of Limpopo

University of Venda University of Johannesburg

The National Research Facilities

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Value of the NRF-iThemba LABS to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

iThemba LABS produces: 40% of the global supply of

Germanium/ Gallium isotopes used for neuroendocrine tumour detection

• 20% of the Strontium/ Rubidium isotopes used for myocardial infarction imaging.

iThemba LABS is the only facility in the Southern Hemisphere that offers hadron therapy for cancer treatment

Health

In partnership with universities of the Western cape and Zululand, iThemba LABS runs the MANuS/MatSci programmes.

Graduates from this programme will contribute to supplying much needed human resources for the new nuclear energy build

Energy security

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NRF Astronomy research infrastructure platforms

By 31 March 2016, 20 MeerKAT dishes has been delivered in preparation for first light.

Progress has been made on the conversion and refurbishment of the 32m Ghanaian telecoms dish for the AVN

Value of NRF-Astronomy facilities to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

Five grade 12 learners with SKA SA learner support

bursaries matriculated with university exemption in 2015.

The learners have been awarded SKA SA undergraduate

bursaries to study towards BSc and Computer Science

government-tendered contracts; and

Provided access to capital for 14 small, medium and micro-sized

enterpr ises in the Northern Cape during pre-construction phase.

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Value of NRF-Astronomy facilities to the NSI Socio-Economic Impact

Sutherland Community Development Centre:

Provides learners children with access to the Internet for school

assignments/projects:

Develops reading skills at the reading corner:

Teaches adults computer literacy and assists them to use internet banking:

Develops skills such as chess in young learners.

All training, assistance and education initiatives are provided by SAAO

employees through the Science Engagement partfolio.

Two hospital beds were

donated to Sutherland Clinic

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Board/Executive. and the

other by SAAO. SAAO also

donated basic clinic

equipment.

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Value of NRF-Science engagement to the NSI

There appears to be a positive correlation between

learners' participation in Olympiads and competitions and learners' performance in mathematics and science

at school.

A study tracked 43 grade 12 learners who

participated in the 2014 NSO Focus Week

• are studying in SET related fields

• confirmed that they were Introduced to their current field of study during the NSO Focus Week

............... • changed their career • ' , choice during the

Focus Week;

• indicated that their current field of study was profiled and clarified during the NSO Focus Week

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Value of NRF-Science engagement to the NSI

Tania Moyikwa is a 21 year old honours student

at UCT in the SAEON-funded oceanography

programme and credits her career choice to

attending the SAEON Egagasini Node Education

Programme in grade 9: £

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