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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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University of Staffordshire

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
1,167,805
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
1,167,805
QR charity support fund (£)
62,832
QR business research element (£)
14,177
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
853,171
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
2,097,985

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
1,020,338
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
1,020,338
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
3,118,323
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 (£)
191,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
246,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
652,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
282,000
Average annual income (£)
342,750
London-weighted research income (£)*
342,750
QR charity support fund (£)**
62,832
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 (£)
19,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
67,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
1,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
230,000
Average annual income (£)
79,250
QR business research element (£)*
14,177
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 1,113,000 1,175,000 630,000
Income from consultancy 4,229,000 1,346,000 1,082,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 0
Income from regeneration 2,172,000 1,128,000 901,000
Income from intellectual property 0 0 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 410,000 441,000 393,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 44,000 110,000 310,000
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 1,317,000 1,162,000 1,251,000
Total per year 9,285,000 5,362,000 4,567,000

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)
57,491,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
1,020,338
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
1,020,338
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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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