2025 to 2026 grant data tables

London Metropolitan University

Table list

Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
1,100,723
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
132,087
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
1,232,810
QR charity support fund (£)
8,864
QR business research element (£)
15,594
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
264,828
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
1,522,096

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
484,963
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
484,963
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
2,007,059
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 (£)
21,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
22,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
16,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
114,000
Average annual income (£)
43,250
London-weighted research income (£)*
48,440
QR charity support fund (£)**
8,864
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 (£)
146,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
141,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
21,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
26,000
Average annual income (£)
83,500
QR business research element (£)*
15,594
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 790,000 651,000 708,000
Income from consultancy 49,000 187,000 119,000
Income from equipment and facilities 535,000 659,000 135,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 0 0 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 556,000 659,000 135,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 1,146,000 1,677,000 1,653,000
Total per year 3,076,000 3,833,000 2,750,000

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)
31,401,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
484,963
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
484,963

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