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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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Brunel University London

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
8,786,068
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
702,887
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
9,488,955
QR charity support fund (£)
298,114
QR business research element (£)
276,030
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,993,177
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
12,056,276

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
973,894
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
973,894
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
13,030,170
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 (£)
1,296,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
1,233,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
1,582,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
1,912,000
Average annual income (£)
1,505,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
1,626,210
QR charity support fund (£)**
298,114
London weighting (£)
1.08
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 (£)
102,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,187,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
2,022,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
2,861,000
Average annual income (£)
1,543,000
QR business research element (£)*
276,030
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 4,032,000 3,514,000 2,226,000
Income from consultancy 520,000 349,000 473,000
Income from equipment and facilities 58,000 200,000 281,200
Income from regeneration 1,639,000 1,335,000 0
Income from intellectual property 4,000 6,000 10,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 693,000 628,000 226,300
Innovate UK KTP income** 287,000 150,000 100,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 2,567,000 2,353,000 1,253,000
Total per year 9,800,000 8,535,000 4,569,500

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)
68,052,500

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
973,894
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
973,894
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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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