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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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Birkbeck, University of London

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
7,534,899
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
904,187
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
8,439,086
QR charity support fund (£)
542,909
QR business research element (£)
29,294
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,608,501
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
10,619,790

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
292,725
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
292,725
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
10,912,515
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
0
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Table B: 2026 to 2027 Mainstream QR funds and London weighting

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Table C: 2026 to 2027 QR charity support fund and QR business research element

QR charity support fund

AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
3,050,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
2,857,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
2,327,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
2,343,000
Average annual income (£)
2,644,250
London-weighted research income (£)*
2,961,560
QR charity support fund (£)**
542,909
London weighting (£)
1.12
Rate
0.183318

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

AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
226,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
114,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
149,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
166,000
Average annual income (£)
163,750
QR business research element (£)*
29,294
Rate
0.178892

Notes:

  • * QR business research element (£) = average annual income (£) x rate
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Table D: 2026 to 2027 QR RDP supervision funds

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Table E: 2026 to 2027 HEIF allocations

HEIF qualifying income
Data source 2022 to 2023 income (£) 2023 to 2024 income (£) 2024 to 2025 income (£)
HE-BCI survey Income from contract research 600,000 527,000 370,000
Income from consultancy 727,000 552,000 664,000
Income from equipment and facilities 753,000 731,000 680,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 17,000 7,000 11,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 138,000 45,000 10,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 217,000 234,000 228,000
Total per year 2,452,000 2,096,000 1,963,000

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 = (2022 to 2023 income x 2) + (2023 to 2024 income x 3) + (2024 to 2025 income x 5)
21,007,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
292,725
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
292,725
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Table F: 2026 to 2027 HEIF formula parameters

Total HEIF budget

Main allocation (£)
243,420,952
Top-up allocation (£)
20,311,308
Total HEIF budget (£)
263,732,260

HEIF formula parameters

Main allocation

Minimum allocation threshold (£)
250,000
Maximum allocation (£)
4,743,000

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 (£)
1,016,000

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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