University of Leeds

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 (£): 37,775,322
London weighting on mainstream QR (£): 0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£): 37,775,322
QR charity support fund (£): 4,137,569
QR business research element (£): 2,577,024
QR RDP supervision funds (£): 8,825,717
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£): 0
Total QR funding (£): 53,315,632

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£): 4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£): 1,000,000
Total HEIF (£): 5,670,000

Total QR and HEIF grant (£): 58,985,632

Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£): 54,671

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 (£): 21,610,000
AFR20 Research income from charities (£): 18,440,000
AFR21 Research income from charities (£): 19,751,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£): 26,468,000
Average annual income (£): 21,567,250
London-weighted research income (£)*: 21,567,250
QR charity support fund (£)**: 4,137,569

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 (£): 13,292,000
AFR20 Research income from businesses (£): 11,408,000
AFR21 Research income from businesses (£): 11,197,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£): 15,183,000
Average annual income (£): 12,770,000
QR business research element (£)*: 2,577,024

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	48,184,000	35,062,000	42,908,000
	Income from consultancy	2,031,000	1,599,000	1,567,000
	Income from equipment and facilities	20,615,000	23,396,000	27,447,000
	Income from regeneration	0	39,000	150,000
	Income from intellectual property	645,000	912,000	549,000
	Income from SMEs in the above categories^*	3,074,000	3,281,000	4,298,000
Innovate UK	KTP income^**	157,000	413,000	496,000
OfS annual financial return	Income from NCB provision	14,387,000	9,866,000	10,997,000
Total per year		89,093,000	74,568,000	88,412,000

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): 843,950,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£): 4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£): 1,000,000
Total allocation (£): 5,670,000

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