NRF Key Performance Indicators October 2017 Gerhard Moolman

Mandate of the NRF 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

Mandate of the NRF The draft Amendment Bill of 2015 to the NRF Act proposes enhancements to the current mandate of the organisation as follows: Supporting and promoting research through funding, representative human capital development (HCD) and the provision of the necessary research infrastructure in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of science and technology, including the humanities, social sciences and indigenous knowledge; Supporting and maintaining National Research Facilities; Supporting and promoting public awareness of and engagement with science; and Promoting the development and maintenance of the national science system and the support of government priorities.

Why do we report? Compliance Combined assurance Monitoring Managing As recipients of public funding - ensure that we account for the value of our operations and adherence to mandate. We cannot manage what we cannot measure – use reporting to monitor progress and performance gaps through the use of predetermined objectives. Combined Assurance – Accountability Board CEO CorpEX Deputy CEO: RISA RISA Management South Africa – many needs Education, housing, healthcare, a dwindling pension fund, infrastructure Compliance Combined assurance Monitoring Managing

Risk Based - Combined Assurance Independent appraisal function Tests effectiveness and adequacy of controls External Audit – Confirmation of NRF Value Proposition Specialised Audits/ Investigations REVIEWS and EVALUATIONS Through External Panels Enterprise Risk management Compliance, Health, safety and Environment Compliance Quality assurance REVIEWS and EVALUATIONS Policy & Procedures Oversight, Strategy implementation, Performance Management Management (1st Line) Internal Assurance (2nd Line) Internal Audit (3rd Line) External Assurance (4th Line)

The NRF contribution to the MTSF Priorities

The National Facilities contribution to the MTSF Priorities

KPI Target Setting Considerations Consider the strategy and what the end goal is; Consider historic trends and new interventions; Keep in mind that grant, researcher and student targets are based on grants with expenditure within the grant year: These targets need to be driven in the award cycles which, in most cases, occurs in the prior year;

ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST PRE-DETERMINED OBJECTIVES NRF Performance 2016/17 ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST PRE-DETERMINED OBJECTIVES 21% Percentage of targets exceeded 11% Improvement in performance compared to prior year For the year in review the NRF: Met 63% of the KPIs of which 21% were exceeded – in prior year 53% of targets were met 12% of targets were not met within 5% variance 25% were not met

SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH NRF Performance 2016/17 SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE SUPPORT RESEARCHER SUPPORT PRODUCTIVITY EQUIPMENT GRANTS All targets were exceeded with the exception of the 4 marked in red. The only indicator that decreased year on year was the publications emanating from the use of equipment (1105 users in 2015/16 to 779 2016/17 29.5%)

Researcher Support 4 520 BLACK & FEMALE RESEARCHERS SUPPORTED 54 076 Total number of researchers supported 54 076 Total number of research and instructional staff at Universities 12 612 Research and instructional staff with doctoral degrees 11 397 Research and instructional staff with masters degrees 35% The approximate percentage of researchers (with doctoral degrees) funded by the NRF Over the 5 years from 2013 to 2015, the NRF: Increased support for black researchers by 98%; Increased the support for female researchers by 63% Note a proxy indicator of NRF reach is the number of NRF funded researchers divided by the total number of research and instructional staff with PhDs

Researcher Support – Ratings BLACK & FEMALE RATED RESEARCHERS SUPPORTED 3 663 Total number of rated researchers 70% Increase in black rated researchers over 5 years 51% Increase in female rated researchers over 5 years

NRF KPI Performance

Progress Against the Ministerial Guidelines BLACK REPRESENTATION FEMALE REPRESENTATION Note: 2011/12 is the baseline year – 2015/16 and 2016/17 are performance trends Factors affecting performance at the higher levels: Attrition of black and female students Time to completion

NRF KPI Performance

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