1. APPLIED RESEARCH and INNOVATION: relevance to SMMEs Tally Palmer Executive Director: ARI SMME conference Spier 2009

2. THRIP Technology & Innovation Agency (TIA) - dti THRIP NEW PROGRAMMES Commercial improvement Spin-offs Make Rs Grand Challenges - future Well being Improvement Save Rs A better life…… PUBLIC GOOD Build SAs knowledge economy through Human Resource Development & Research - DST SANHARP Energy Space Bioinform- atics Public Benefit Foundation (PBF) Applied Research and Innovation - DAFF (ARC) - DWAE (WRC) - NIPP

3. THRIP Technology & Innovation Agency (TIA) - dti THRIP NEW PROGRAMMES Commercial improvement Spin-offs Make Rs Grand Challenges - future Well being Improvement Save Rs Human well being : A better life…… Build SAs knowledge economy through Human Resource Development & Research - DST SANHARP Energy Space Bionfom- atics Public Benefit Foundation (PBF) Applied Research and Innovation - DAFF (ARC) - DWAE (WRC) - NIPP

4. THRIP Technology & Innovation Agency (TIA) - dti THRIP NEW PROGRAMMES Commercial improvement Spin-offs Make Rs Grand Challenges - future Well being Improvement Save Rs Human well being : A better life…… Build SAs knowledge economy through Human Resource Development & Research - DST SANHARP Energy Space Bionfom- atics Public Benefit Foundation (PBF) Applied Research and Innovation - DAFF (ARC) - DWAE (WRC) - NIPP

5. 5 THRIP Co-investment from the dti & industry Project grants to researchers partnered by industry Human capital development – postgraduate students & industry-academic exchanges Applied research for industry Feeds into TIA (innovation fund) ARI Structure….

6. 6 ARI Structure SANHARP

7. 7 Structure and function NRF SAASTA PhD Project Tip Top & Thuthuka GMSA SANHARP THRIP Grade10-12 UG H M PhD PDoc Professions ? SARChI CoE s DST & NSTF UG Bursaries

8. THRIP & smmes Industry Partner(s) THRIP contribution Large industry contribution Small & medium Enterprise Contribution Very Small & Micro Enterprise contribution Large company(s) only 13N/A Large company(s) plus minimum of 25 % by number of SMMEs 125% of highest contribution No financial contribution All SMMEs1N/A1No financial contribution All SMMEs and all BEEs 2N/A1No financial contribution

9. Perceived problems & new ideas Timing and flexibility Cash required ? in kind ?ring fenced smme funds with tailored funding rules ? ????? QUESTIONAIRE

10. 10 How we work in ARI NRF Industry / Sector StudentsResearchers Planning commission DST dti Environment & Water Agriculture Forestry & Fisheries Para-statals….. Provincial & local government

11. Enkosi, Thank you, Re a leboga, Siyabonga, Dankie RISA

12. What is Applied Research ? Research in the service of society Positively influencing human well-being Measuring and monitoring impact

13. Implications of application All that research and a deteriorating planet….. Moving from data generation to application – central role of VALUES Requires engaging with complexity & integration

14. Akili CII Akili complexity and Integration initiative Knowledge and wisdom Pan-African

15. Akili CII Goals … Using a range of concepts To support the capacity to practice integration in complex contexts To address the compelling question: How do we learn to share benefits?

16. Some useful concepts transdsciplinarity (TD) working across discipline and other boundaries resilience theory linked social-ecological systems ecosystem services what ecosystems do for people integration and implementation science new skills needed