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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
3,739,955
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
448,794
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
4,188,749
QR charity support fund (£)
245,405
QR business research element (£)
78,802
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
778,681
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
690,173
Total QR funding (£)
5,981,810

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
614,321
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
614,321
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
6,596,131
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 (£)
528,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
757,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
1,471,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
2,025,000
Average annual income (£)
1,195,250
London-weighted research income (£)*
1,338,680
QR charity support fund (£)**
245,405
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 (£)
153,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
189,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
440,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
980,000
Average annual income (£)
440,500
QR business research element (£)*
78,802
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 877,000 1,429,000 923,000
Income from consultancy 1,602,000 1,492,000 715,020
Income from equipment and facilities 146,000 319,000 233,000
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 298,000 321,000 389,056
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 15,000 231,000 38,083
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 18,000 63,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 1,414,000 1,352,000 1,618,000
Total per year 4,352,000 5,162,000 3,979,159

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)
44,085,795

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
614,321
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
614,321
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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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