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2025 to 2026 grant data tables

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The University of Northampton

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Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
700,089
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
700,089
QR charity support fund (£)
18,756
QR business research element (£)
27,407
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
374,746
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
1,120,998

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
1,312,886
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
1,312,886
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
2,433,884
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 (£)
0
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
154,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
130,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
126,000
Average annual income (£)
102,500
London-weighted research income (£)*
102,500
QR charity support fund (£)**
18,756
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 (£)
71,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
144,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
194,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
178,000
Average annual income (£)
146,750
QR business research element (£)*
27,407
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 420,000 694,000 933,000
Income from consultancy 206,000 72,000 168,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 14,000 6,000
Income from regeneration 435,000 749,000 126,000
Income from intellectual property 10,000 4,000 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 9,000 14,000 17,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 110,000 63,000 17,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 7,076,000 8,924,000 8,973,000
Total per year 8,266,000 10,534,000 10,240,000

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)
99,334,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
1,312,886
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
1,312,886
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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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