2025 to 2026 grant data tables

St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London

Table list

Table A: 2025 to 2026 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
537,971
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
43,038
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
581,009
QR charity support fund (£)
31,767
QR business research element (£)
45,289
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
260,926
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
918,991

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
465,409
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
465,409
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
1,384,400
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 (£)
103,000
AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
183,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
209,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
148,000
Average annual income (£)
160,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
173,610
QR charity support fund (£)**
31,767
London weighting (£)
1.08
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 (£)
207,000
AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
278,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
226,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
259,000
Average annual income (£)
242,500
QR business research element (£)*
45,289
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 330,000 313,000 289,000
Income from consultancy 352,000 671,000 383,000
Income from equipment and facilities 1,475,000 1,622,000 1,895,000
Income from regeneration 0 39,000 10,000
Income from intellectual property 58,000 18,000 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 550,000 1,124,000 1,097,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 517,000 653,000 866,000
Total per year 3,282,000 4,440,000 4,540,000

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)
42,584,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
465,409
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
465,409

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