DSI Technology Innovation Programme
Funds research teams and institutions for DSI Technology Innovation in biotechnology, energy systems, and space technology.
The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) Technology Innovation Programme — known as Programme 2 — is South Africa's primary government mechanism for funding research, development, and commercialisation across strategic technology sectors. The programme encompasses five sub-programs: Bio-innovation (health therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, agriculture, agro-processing, and ind…
South African government funding for R&D and commercialisation across biotechnology, energy and hydrogen, space science, nanotechnology, photonics, synthetic biology, and robotics, deployed primarily through TIA and NRF delivery partners.
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