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2025 to 2026 grant data tables

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The Royal College of Art

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Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
1,910,039
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
229,205
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
2,139,244
QR charity support fund (£)
8,966
QR business research element (£)
131,804
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
330,257
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
2,610,271

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
313,956
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
313,956
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
2,924,227
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 (£)
41,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
30,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
33,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
71,000
Average annual income (£)
43,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
49,000
QR charity support fund (£)**
8,966
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 (£)
35,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
297,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,433,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
1,058,000
Average annual income (£)
705,750
QR business research element (£)*
131,804
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 313,000 1,491,000 2,558,000
Income from consultancy 986,000 975,000 254,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 0
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 0 32,000 66,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 0 0 57,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 28,000 56,000 33,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 0 0 542,000
Total per year 1,327,000 2,554,000 3,510,000

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)
27,866,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
313,956
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
313,956
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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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