Question NW90 to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
07 August 2024 - NW90
Zuma-Sambudla, Ms D to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
What (a) total number of grantees and/or beneficiaries were funded through research-based funding in the past five financial years, (b) amount was paid to each grantee and/or beneficiary and (c) are the names of the specified grantees and/or beneficiaries?
Reply:
(a),(b),(c) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), through the Incentives Branch, supported 65 research projects to the value of R237 million in the past five years. These projects were funded under the Technology and Human Resource for Industry Programme (THRIP). Permission to publish names of grantees and beneficiaries must be in line with Protection of Personal Information Act.
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