Cranfield University

Research England's commitment to accessibility means that we've produced this year's grant data tables in HTML format. The formula-driven funding allocations have not changed, just the way the data is presented.

Table list

Table A: Summary of allocations
Table B: Mainstream QR funds and London weighting
Table C: QR charity support fund and QR business research element
Table D: QR RDP supervision funds
Table E: HEIF allocations
Table F: HEIF formula parameters

Table A: 2023-24 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£): 7,053,996
London weighting on mainstream QR (£): 0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£): 7,053,996
QR charity support fund (£): 212,516
QR business research element (£): 2,682,164
QR RDP supervision funds (£): 2,038,738
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£): 0
Total QR funding (£): 11,987,414

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£): 4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£): 441,275
Total HEIF (£): 5,111,275

Total QR and HEIF grant (£): 17,098,689

Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£): 0

Table B: 2023-24 Mainstream QR funds and London weighting

This data is available in the CSV grant data tables download

Table C: 2023-24 QR charity support fund and QR business research element

QR charity support fund

AFR19 Research income from charities (£): 2,281,000
AFR20 Research income from charities (£): 1,011,000
AFR21 Research income from charities (£): 580,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£): 559,000
Average annual income (£): 1,107,750
London-weighted research income (£)*: 1,107,750
QR charity support fund (£)**: 212,516

London weighting (£): 1
Rate: 0.191845

Notes:

* London-weighted research income (£) = average annual income (£) x London weighting
** QR charity support fund (£) = London-weighted research income (£) x rate

QR business research element

AFR19 Research income from businesses (£): 13,837,000
AFR20 Research income from businesses (£): 13,384,000
AFR21 Research income from businesses (£): 11,204,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£): 14,739,000
Average annual income (£): 13,291,000
QR business research element (£)*: 2,682,164

Rate: 0.201803

Notes:

* QR business research element (£) = average annual income (£) x rate

Table D: 2023-24 QR RDP supervision funds

This data is available in the CSV grant data tables download

Table E: 2023-24 HEIF allocations

HEIF qualifying income
Data source		2019-20 income (£)	2020-21 income (£)	2021-22 income (£)
HE-BCI survey	Income from contract research	10,426,000	11,204,000	10,915,000
	Income from consultancy	3,563,000	3,895,000	3,567,000
	Income from equipment and facilities	0	0	0
	Income from regeneration	419,000	0	0
	Income from intellectual property	605,000	437,000	706,000
	Income from SMEs in the above categories^*	2,039,000	2,646,000	1,994,000
Innovate UK	KTP income^**	426,000	535,000	504,000
OfS annual financial return	Income from NCB provision	12,554,000	11,214,000	15,997,000
Total per year		30,032,000	29,931,000	33,683,000

Notes:

* Income from SMEs is included in the income stream total and again in the total income from SMEs to provide the overall double-weighting for SME income
** This is the KTP income provided by Innovate UK

Total weighted qualifying income (£), using 2:3:5 ratio = (2019-20 income x 2) + (2020-21 income x 3) + (2021-22 income x 5): 318,272,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£): 4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£): 441,275
Total allocation (£): 5,111,275

Table F: 2023-24 HEIF formula parameters

Total HEIF budget

Main allocation (£): 240,000,000
Top-up allocation (£): 20,000,000
Total HEIF budget (£): 260,000,000

HEIF formula parameters

Main allocation

Minimum allocation threshold (£): 250,000
Maximum allocation (£): 4,670,000

Yearly moderation factor

Maximum increase: 10%
Maximum decrease: -10%

Top-up allocation

Minimum allocation (£): 200,000
Maximum allocation (£): 1,000,000