National Survey of Research and Experimental Development - Main Analysis Report (2010/11)

This report presents the main results of the 2010/11 National Survey of Research and Experimental Development. The report is published together with a separate Statistical Report that presents the statistical tables and the survey methodology.
The R&D survey is commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) as part of the statistical series to monitor the performance of the National System of Innovation (NSI). The 2010/11 survey is the ninth R&D survey that has
been conducted by the Centre for Science Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). The survey is compiled according to the international guidelines proposed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in “The Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities: Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development” known as the Frascati Manual (OECD 2002). The data are collected from R&D-performing entities within government departments, business enterprises, higher education institutions, science councils and not-for-profit organisations. Trend data used in this report are sourced from the R&D survey database (South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development, 1991/92 to 2010/11).
The main indicators tracked through this survey include:
• Gross domestic expenditure on research and development
• Flows of funding for R&D
• R&D expenditure by economic sector, field of research and socio-economic objectives
• R&D personnel by category (researchers, technicians and related skilled R&D personnel) and the time that they devote to R&D
• R&D involving local and international collaborations.