2025 to 2026 grant data tables

Bournemouth University

Table list

Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
5,499,113
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
5,499,113
QR charity support fund (£)
30,466
QR business research element (£)
69,520
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
876,035
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
6,475,134

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
494,158
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
494,158
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
6,969,292
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
0

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 (£)
-223,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
254,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
162,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
473,000
Average annual income (£)
166,500
London-weighted research income (£)*
166,500
QR charity support fund (£)**
30,466
London weighting (£)
1
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 (£)
384,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
396,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
322,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
387,000
Average annual income (£)
372,250
QR business research element (£)*
69,520
Rate
0.186757

Notes:

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

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 1,173,000 1,041,000 1,266,000
Income from consultancy 354,000 399,000 243,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 0
Income from regeneration 523,000 616,000 65,000
Income from intellectual property 0 11,000 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 87,000 130,000 100,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 121,000 30,000 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 1,558,000 1,391,000 570,000
Total per year 3,816,000 3,618,000 2,244,000

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)
29,706,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
494,158
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
494,158

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