Awards for Research for Innovation by teams/individuals in organisations in three categories

These three awards are made for an outstanding contribution to science, engineering and technology from either a team or an individual where it can be demonstrated that:

1. either research carried out in SA has led to new science which in turn has led to new engineering or medical or social concepts i.e. technology, or
2. where engineering or medical or social concepts i.e. technology which have been developed in SA, and
3. have been applied and have led to a successful innovation which takes on the form of either an accepted innovation in science, a project, or a product, or a range of products or a methodology or any other form of applied output completed in the recent past where for, :
   

• Research for Innovation by a team or individual who is part of a corporate organization (this includes large companies, science councils, universities etc, unless the unit where the research and development has been carried out can fit into the next category).
• Research for Innovation by a team or individual who is part of an SMME (Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise), operating as a business for profit, defined as having less than 50 employees or an annual turnover less than R30m over the last three years. A company wholly owned by a corporate, or a corporately controlled company would not qualify under the SMME category, or
• Research for Innovation by a the team or individual who is part of an NGO or CBO. These could be associated with a corporate organisation or institution or an SMME through funding or other inputs but must at least operate at arm's length. The category covers organisations commonly known as Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and Community Based Organisations (CBOs).

Note: The coverage is meant to be comprehensive and therefore the individual or team should fit into one or other of the three categories above. Where the team embraces components in more than one category of organisation the dominant category should be chosen for the entry. It is recognised that activities in different sectors are often not comparable but due allowance is made for this in making assessments.

Last updated: 12 November 2009