2025 to 2026 grant data tables

The Institute of Cancer Research

Table list

Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
3,171,266
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
380,552
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
3,551,818
QR charity support fund (£)
8,753,947
QR business research element (£)
1,806,825
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,392,000
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
15,504,590

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
4,203,000
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
4,203,000
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
19,707,590
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 (£)
46,693,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
45,205,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
41,910,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
37,052,000
Average annual income (£)
42,715,000
London-weighted research income (£)*
47,840,800
QR charity support fund (£)**
8,753,947
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 (£)
12,768,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
7,547,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
9,414,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
8,970,000
Average annual income (£)
9,674,750
QR business research element (£)*
1,806,825
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 7,483,000 9,500,000 8,496,000
Income from consultancy 62,000 134,000 133,000
Income from equipment and facilities 413,000 558,000 801,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 34,226,000 18,640,000 15,127,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 1,843,000 2,662,000 1,225,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 197,000 144,000 226,000
Total per year 44,224,000 31,638,000 26,008,000

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)
313,402,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
4,203,000
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
4,203,000

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