National Survey of Research and Experimental Development - Main Analysis Report (2012/13)

This report provides analysis and commentary on the results of the 2012/13 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D survey). This report is accompanied by the Metadata report as well as the Statistical Report that presents key findings and trend data.
The survey covered the main institutional sectors that perform R&D in South Africa, namely the business, not-for-profit, government, science council and higher education sectors. The South African R&D survey is informed by the guidelines of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for measuring R&D, as presented in The Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities: Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development, commonly known as the Frascati Manual (OECD 2002).
The data in this report are presented in terms of the dimensions of research and experimental development (R&D) expenditure, sources of funding and human resources:
• Gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development (GERD);
• R&D expenditure by R&D-performing sectors;
• Sources and flows of funding for R&D;
• R&D expenditure by field of research and socio-economic objectives, and by industrial sector in the business sector;
• R&D expenditure in selected areas of policy interest, namely biotechnology, nanotechnology, environment related, open-source software, new materials, and tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and malaria research; and
• R&D personnel by occupation (researchers, technicians and support staff) and full-time equivalents (FTEs).