the National Research Foundation (South Africa), which receives a substantial proportion of the DST budget to carry out various research support tasks, including supporting key national research infrastructure ("National Research Facilities"), scientific research grant administration and a student grant scheme; the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, which acts as a quasi-privatised research and development agency with a specific focus on research of application to industry; the Technology Innovation Agency, which serves to provide funding to turn innovative research into commercial products; the South African National Space Agency, which covers space-related research and development initiatives; the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa), which focuses its research on human health and disease.