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2025 to 2026 grant data tables

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Birkbeck, University of London

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Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
7,395,853
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
887,505
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
8,283,358
QR charity support fund (£)
571,368
QR business research element (£)
29,041
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,667,859
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
10,551,626

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
298,578
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
298,578
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
10,850,204
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
0
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Table B: 2025 to 2026 Mainstream QR funds and London weighting

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Table C: 2025 to 2026 QR charity support fund and QR business research element

QR charity support fund

AFR21 Research income from charities (£)
2,918,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
3,050,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
2,857,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
2,327,000
Average annual income (£)
2,788,000
London-weighted research income (£)*
3,122,560
QR charity support fund (£)**
571,368
London weighting (£)
1.12
Rate
0.182981

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

AFR21 Research income from businesses (£)
133,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
226,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
114,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
149,000
Average annual income (£)
155,500
QR business research element (£)*
29,041
Rate
0.186757

Notes:

  • * QR business research element (£) = average annual income (£) x rate
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Table D: 2025 to 2026 QR RDP supervision funds

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Table E: 2025 to 2026 HEIF allocations

HEIF qualifying income
Data source 2021 to 2022 income (£) 2022 to 2023 income (£) 2023 to 2024 income (£)
HE-BCI survey Income from contract research 270,000 600,000 527,000
Income from consultancy 950,000 727,000 552,000
Income from equipment and facilities 674,000 753,000 731,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 6,000 17,000 7,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 80,000 138,000 45,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 236,000 217,000 234,000
Total per year 2,216,000 2,452,000 2,096,000

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 = (2021 to 2022 income x 2) + (2022 to 2023 income x 3) + (2023 to 2024 income x 5)
22,268,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
298,578
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
298,578
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Table F: 2025 to 2026 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

New Entrant Cap*

Maximum allocation (£)
500,000

Yearly moderation factor

Maximum increase
10%
Maximum decrease
-10%

Top-up allocation

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

Notes:

  • * A new entrant is defined as a provider, newly eligible or otherwise, that did not receive HEIF in the previous year, whether or not they received HEIF prior to that time
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