National Research and Experimental Development Survey (R&D) 2020-21: All provinces in South Africa - Aggregated

Description:
This data set contains data on the R&D expenditure by province, type of R&D, research fields, socioeconomic objectives, sources of funds and province. R&D personnel data is also included. The data is recorded for each of the following economic sectors of the South African economy: Business, Government, Higher Education, Not-for-Profit Organisations and Science Councils.
Abstract:
The National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Survey collects data under strict confidentiality. Aggregated data are used primarily to inform policy and strategic planning at a national level.

The National R&D Survey 2020/21 collected primary data from five survey sectors:

Business sector which consists of companies, business associations and state owned enterprises.

Government sector includes national and provincial departments, research institutes and museums.

Higher Education Institutions sector is made up of universities, universities of technology and private higher education institutions. Some limited supplementary data from HEMIS was used in this sector.

Not-for-Profit Organisations (NPO) sector.

Science Councils sector.

Some general organisational information was collected. The survey however focused on human resources and financial data relating to in-house R&D conducted on the national territory of South Africa.

In-house R&D personnel categories included:

Researchers

Technicians directly supporting R&D

Other personnel directly supporting R&D

Qualifications, gender and race

Full-time-equivalents (FTE) on R&D

In-house R&D expenditure categories included:

Capital expenditure, labour costs and other current expenditure.

Type of R&D (basic research, strategic basic research, applied research and experimental development)

Provincial location

Sources of funds

Research fields (fields of science)

Socio-economic objective

Industry of R&D (Business sector only)

The key users of the data and findings include government departments, especially DSI and the OECD which use survey indicators in their annual time-series publication on Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI).

Ad hoc requests for data are also accommodated and inform academic papers, reports and other outputs.

数据集说明：
本数据集涵盖按省份、研发（Research and Development，简称R&D）类型、研究领域、社会经济目标、资金来源及省份划分的研发支出数据，同时包含研发人员相关数据。该数据按南非经济的以下五大经济部门分别统计：商业部门、政府部门、高等教育机构部门、非营利组织部门及科研理事会部门。

摘要：
全国研发（研究与试验发展，Research and Experimental Development，简称R&D）调查严格遵循保密准则采集数据，汇总数据主要用于为国家级层面的政策制定与战略规划提供参考。

2020/2021年度全国研发调查从以下五大调查部门采集原始数据：
- 商业部门：涵盖各类企业、商业协会及国有独资企业。
- 政府部门：包含国家级与省级政府部门、研究机构及博物馆。
- 高等教育机构部门：由大学、理工大学及私立高等教育机构组成，本部门使用了来自高等教育管理信息系统（Higher Education Management Information System，简称HEMIS）的少量补充数据。
- 非营利组织（Not-for-Profit Organisations，简称NPO）部门。
- 科研理事会部门。

本次调查采集了部分通用组织信息，但核心聚焦于南非境内开展的内部研发相关的人力资源与财务数据。

内部研发人员类别涵盖：
1. 研究人员
2. 直接支持研发的技术人员
3. 其他直接支持研发的人员
4. 学历资质、性别与种族
5. 研发全时当量（Full-time-equivalents，简称FTE）

内部研发支出类别涵盖：
1. 资本支出、人力成本及其他经常性支出
2. 研发类型（基础研究、战略基础研究、应用研究与试验发展）
3. 省份所在地
4. 资金来源
5. 研究领域（科学学科领域）
6. 社会经济目标
7. 研发所属行业（仅商业部门适用）

该数据与研究成果的核心使用者包括政府部门，尤其是南非科学与创新部（Department of Science and Innovation，简称DSI）与经济合作与发展组织（Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development，简称OECD），后者会将本次调查的指标纳入其《主要科学与技术指标》（Main Science and Technology Indicators，简称MSTI）年度时序出版物中。

本数据集也可响应临时数据调取请求，为学术论文、研究报告及其他成果提供数据支撑。