Public Funding for Research in South Africa
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DHET supports the development of a strong public post-school education and training system in South Africa through steering mechanisms including policy, planning, and funding for institutions. The funding includes support for universities in teaching, learning, research, and community engagement, as well as capacity building for quality research. Various grants are allocated for higher education and research outputs to enhance university operations and development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING Public Funding for Research in South Africa Diane Parker 1 June Research & Innovation Dialogue Emperor's Palace
Role of the DHET in funding Research in South Africa DHET supports the development of a strong public post school education and training system in South Africa through a range of steering mechanisms including policy, planning and funding funds institutions (universities; TVET colleges; Community education and training colleges; National Institutes of Higher Education; Quality Councils) to provide quality PSET; and fund students (through NSFAS) to access and succeed in their studies (undergraduate) Universities teaching and learning; research; community engagement DHET supports the development of research capacity in universities - develops and maintains policy on research outputs; allocates funding for research outputs, and capacity building of university academics to conduct quality research. 2
Funding Higher Education (R 38.5 bn in 2018/19) Teaching input grant Block Grant (discretionary) 75% of budget Teaching output grant Research output grant Earmarked grants (steer transformation) 25% of budget Institutional Factor University Capacity Development New Veterinary Sciences Grant Foundation Provisioning Universities Grant SMU operational grant HDI Clinical Training Grant Infrastructure and Efficiency Development Grant 22
Funding Research in Universities Research Outputs Grant generated through Publication output units Research Masters and Doctoral Graduates Research Outputs Grant is part of the Block Grant (discretionary funding for university operations) does not directly fund research University Capacity Development Grant (earmarked) Student development/ success Staff development/ success Curriculum/programme development System development (collaborative grants) Funding for PG students through subsidies based on enrolments and graduates (enrolment planning) research M and PhD (through ROG) H and coursework M (through TOG) 4
Funding has incentivised publication of research Overall Publications Research Outputs 16000 14612.27 13976.41 14000 13135.86 11997.38 12000 11035.72 10000 No. of Units 8000 Books Conferences Journals 6000 4000 2269.07 1236.92 1301.32 1349.58 747.29 2000 1326.18 994.77 879.68 774.37 580.8 0 2012 2013 2014 Years 2015 2016 5
Quantity and quality of research outputs Research output quantity has improved now need to focus on quality The funding policy encouraged some problematic practices - compromises the knowledge generation enterprise ( playing the system for maximum financial reward): targeting journals that publish with minimum quality assurance and review (predatory journals) universities rewarding individuals for published articles salami-slicing a piece of research work huge pressure on individual academics to publish or perish -, compromising other roles that the academic must play (undervaluing the key role of teaching, especially at the undergraduate level). universities employing people dedicated solely to conducting research, and publishing, so that the university s research output is increased. Collaborative project on improved capacity for managing research outputs and incentivising quality. 6
Funding for publications State funding of publication output Stare financial year publication unit 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Research publication output Academic year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Ave R Value per % Publication units 5 940 5 876 6 427 6 361 6 660 7 228 8 003 7 751 8 353 9 109 9 748 11 191 12 364 14 009 15 316 16 304 18 181 % increase Increase 7,6% 5,2% 194,8% 9,0% 4,7% 4,6% 4,0% 16,0% 14,2% 9,0% -6,5% -0,3% -3,3% -1,6% -4,0% -1,4% 3,2% 22 962 24 145 71 189 77 609 81 276 85 026 88 418 102 603 117 144 127 638 119 331 119 027 115 052 113 184 108 693 107 222 110 665 10,2% -1,1% 9,4% -1,0% 4,7% 8,5% 10,7% -3,1% 7,8% 9,1% 7,0% 14,8% 10,5% 13,3% 9,3% 6,4% 11,5% 7
Research Output sub-block grant Research outputs grant has remained fairly stable for the past decade (as a % of the total block grant) State Financial Year 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 R block-grant (000) 12 767 366 R sub-grant (000) 1 737 962 2 002 997 2 231 376 2 523 331 2 712 979 2 770 101 3 013 169 3 186 831 3 346 481 3 822 396 % of block grant 12,13% 12,64% 13,58% 12,77% 13,69% 14,16% 14,67% 14,70% 13,22% 13,17% 14 532 748 16 386 793 17 433 862 18 438 584 19 561 234 20 538 361 21 678 098 25 322 874 29 023 192 8
THE UNIVERSITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UCDP) IS INTENDED TO OPERATE AT THE NEXUS OF QUALITY, ACCESS AND SUCCESS Equity Quality UCDP Success 9
THE UNIVERSITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND PROGRAMME RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT GRANT THE UNIVERSITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT: A CONTRIBUTION TO RESOURCING THE SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS Student development/ success TEACHING DEVELOPMENT GRANT But also: OTHER DHET & GOVT FUNDING MECHANISMS Programme development Staff development UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTIONS COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS THE UNIVERSITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: GEARING THE SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS 10
UCDP staff development initiatives will be implemented through the SSAUF 11
MAIN ACTIVITY AREAS FOR THE UCDP: 2018 -2020 Activity Types Fund allocation as per ministerial statement on funding (R 000) 2018 2019 630 000 653 625 2020 667 824 Individual university capacity development plans (26) University and nationally-led collaborative projects Nationally led project: nGAP Nationally led project: HELMP 45 650 72 665 73 226 250 000 8 100 933 750 250 000 8 400 984 690 2 918 363 250 000 8 873 999 923 Total 3 year total Notes: 1. The amounts above are allocations as per the Ministerial Statement on University Funding for 2018-2020. The value for the outer year (2020) is a an estimate. 2. There are substantial other funds that support the implementation of the UCDP, derived from a range of partnerships that the DHET has established. 12
University-led collaborative projects initiated so far for the 2018-2020 UCDP cycle Name of Project Lead University Amount allocated 1. Future Leaders Initiative NMU R34.400.000 2. South Africa-Sweden University Forum UP R5,500,000 3. New academics transitions into HE UCT R5,870,582 4. Building a student advisory system UFS R8,865,000 5. Building the capacity of HELTASA UCT R2,079,732 6. Learning from the National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) UCT R4,421,596 7. Establishment of a Centre for African Languages Teaching at the University of Johannesburg 8. UCDP Monitoring and Evaluation Project UJ R12,000,000 SUN R7,566,000 13
Nationally-led collaborative projects initiated so far Name of Project Lead Amount allocated R750,000,000 DHET New Generation of Academics Programme DHET R51,119,236 US SA Higher Education Network University Staff Doctoral Programme DHET R97,774,944 PSET Research Chairs Programme Higher Education Leadership and Management Programme USAf R25,373,000 Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education USAf R17,970,639 Study into cost of producing university graduates USAf R4,680,000 14
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