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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 (£)
46,022,370
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
5,522,681
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
51,545,051
QR charity support fund (£)
12,262,853
QR business research element (£)
4,654,772
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
14,203,531
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
82,666,207

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 (£)
88,336,207
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 (£)
52,196,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
58,672,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
63,103,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
65,376,000
Average annual income (£)
59,836,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
67,017,160
QR charity support fund (£)**
12,262,853
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 (£)
21,066,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
27,230,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
22,293,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
29,108,000
Average annual income (£)
24,924,250
QR business research element (£)*
4,654,772
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 33,483,000 31,722,000 39,097,000
Income from consultancy 2,538,000 2,818,000 4,764,000
Income from equipment and facilities 7,163,000 8,069,000 2,408,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 3,537,000
Income from intellectual property 1,549,000 1,688,000 1,577,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 9,494,000 7,565,000 7,710,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 12,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 38,443,000 35,114,000 42,476,000
Total per year 92,670,000 86,976,000 101,581,000

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)
954,173,000

HEIF allocation

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