National Research and Experimental Development Survey (R&D) 2017-18: 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. Aggregate data are used primarily to inform policy and strategic planning at a national level.

The National R&D Survey 2017/18 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 DST and the OECD who 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.