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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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University of Brighton

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
7,051,968
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
7,051,968
QR charity support fund (£)
166,270
QR business research element (£)
189,670
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,136,849
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
8,544,757

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
1,285,695
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
1,285,695
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
9,830,452
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
63,000
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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 (£)
1,001,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
864,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
861,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
902,000
Average annual income (£)
907,000
London-weighted research income (£)*
907,000
QR charity support fund (£)**
166,270
London weighting (£)
1
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 (£)
1,285,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,046,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
1,190,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
720,000
Average annual income (£)
1,060,250
QR business research element (£)*
189,670
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 3,664,000 3,207,000 4,072,000
Income from consultancy 1,647,000 1,849,000 1,712,000
Income from equipment and facilities 2,629,000 2,206,000 1,828,000
Income from regeneration 1,606,000 239,000 0
Income from intellectual property 0 0 5,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 503,000 607,000 887,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 350,000 168,000 173,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 455,000 330,000 271,000
Total per year 10,854,000 8,606,000 8,948,000

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)
92,266,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
1,285,695
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
1,285,695
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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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