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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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Southampton Solent University

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
219,992
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
219,992
QR charity support fund (£)
2,658
QR business research element (£)
0
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
38,212
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
260,862

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
936,381
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
936,381
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
1,197,243
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 (£)
10,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
0
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
12,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
36,000
Average annual income (£)
14,500
London-weighted research income (£)*
14,500
QR charity support fund (£)**
2,658
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 (£)
0
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
0
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
0
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
0
Average annual income (£)
0
QR business research element (£)*
0
Rate
0

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 180,000 7,000 34,000
Income from consultancy 288,000 150,000 119,000
Income from equipment and facilities 121,000 161,000 227,000
Income from regeneration 192,000 21,000 0
Income from intellectual property 456,000 136,000 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 491,000 239,000 30,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 6,694,000 5,604,000 5,870,000
Total per year 8,422,000 6,318,000 6,280,000

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)
67,198,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
936,381
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
936,381
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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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