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2025 to 2026 grant data tables

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Northumbria University

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Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
15,723,190
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
15,723,190
QR charity support fund (£)
339,109
QR business research element (£)
237,695
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
2,630,411
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
18,930,405

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
1,113,806
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
1,113,806
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
20,044,211
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 (£)
1,556,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
1,998,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
1,378,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
2,481,000
Average annual income (£)
1,853,250
London-weighted research income (£)*
1,853,250
QR charity support fund (£)**
339,109
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 (£)
834,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
1,042,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,690,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
1,525,000
Average annual income (£)
1,272,750
QR business research element (£)*
237,695
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 5,889,000 2,406,000 2,081,000
Income from consultancy 540,000 432,000 566,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 1,000
Income from regeneration 616,000 502,000 528,000
Income from intellectual property 71,000 68,000 88,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 271,000 474,000 310,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 310,000 419,000 432,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 2,965,000 10,247,000 7,661,000
Total per year 10,662,000 14,548,000 11,667,000

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)
123,303,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
1,113,806
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
1,113,806
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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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