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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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The University of Essex

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
11,659,984
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
11,659,984
QR charity support fund (£)
285,289
QR business research element (£)
244,188
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
2,653,986
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
14,843,447

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
4,743,000
Top-up allocation (£)
436,436
Total HEIF (£)
5,179,436
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
20,022,883
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 (£)
1,173,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
1,204,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
1,895,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
1,953,000
Average annual income (£)
1,556,250
London-weighted research income (£)*
1,556,250
QR charity support fund (£)**
285,289
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 (£)
1,332,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,447,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
1,358,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
1,323,000
Average annual income (£)
1,365,000
QR business research element (£)*
244,188
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 19,586,000 19,083,000 20,214,000
Income from consultancy 1,410,000 1,197,000 1,451,000
Income from equipment and facilities 5,281,000 10,514,000 6,681,000
Income from regeneration 5,313,000 1,154,000 51,000
Income from intellectual property 9,000 39,000 28,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 773,000 4,093,000 2,132,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 1,553,000 1,198,000 1,854,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 836,000 1,311,000 1,351,000
Total per year 34,761,000 38,589,000 33,762,000

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)
354,099,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
4,743,000
Top-up allocation (£)
436,436
Total allocation (£)
5,179,436
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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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