2026 to 2027 grant data tables

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Table list

Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
12,599,819
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
1,511,978
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
14,111,797
QR charity support fund (£)
2,889,576
QR business research element (£)
1,108,594
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,168,772
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
19,278,739

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
3,441,885
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
3,441,885
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
22,720,624
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
0

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 (£)
17,025,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
16,742,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
12,677,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
9,851,000
Average annual income (£)
14,073,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
15,762,600
QR charity support fund (£)**
2,889,576
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 (£)
5,781,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
5,654,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
8,304,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
5,049,000
Average annual income (£)
6,197,000
QR business research element (£)*
1,108,594
Rate
0.178892

Notes:

  • * QR business research element (£) = average annual income (£) x rate

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 22,938,000 27,256,000 30,182,000
Income from consultancy 1,538,000 1,009,000 1,381,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 0
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 19,000 13,000 13,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 29,000 123,000 103,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 1,656,000 1,784,000 1,883,000
Total per year 26,180,000 30,185,000 33,562,000

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)
310,725,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
3,441,885
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
3,441,885

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