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2025 to 2026 grant data tables

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Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
7,052,562
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
7,052,562
QR charity support fund (£)
229,961
QR business research element (£)
2,965,230
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,868,583
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
12,116,336

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£)
574,824
Total HEIF (£)
5,244,824
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
17,361,160
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 (£)
580,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
559,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
1,024,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
2,864,000
Average annual income (£)
1,256,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
1,256,750
QR charity support fund (£)**
229,961
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 (£)
11,204,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
14,739,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
20,313,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
17,254,000
Average annual income (£)
15,877,500
QR business research element (£)*
2,965,230
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 10,915,000 14,370,000 15,922,000
Income from consultancy 3,567,000 3,667,000 1,509,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 2,189,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 248,000
Income from intellectual property 706,000 857,000 833,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 1,994,000 2,076,000 2,468,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 504,000 678,000 417,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 15,997,000 20,101,000 20,639,000
Total per year 33,683,000 41,749,000 44,225,000

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)
413,738,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
4,670,000
Top-up allocation (£)
574,824
Total allocation (£)
5,244,824
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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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