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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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University of Suffolk

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
80,842
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
0
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
80,842
QR charity support fund (£)
13,199
QR business research element (£)
5,411
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
71,196
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
0
Total QR funding (£)
170,648

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
571,688
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total HEIF (£)
571,688
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
742,336
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 (£)
57,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
90,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
73,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
68,000
Average annual income (£)
72,000
London-weighted research income (£)*
72,000
QR charity support fund (£)**
13,199
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 (£)
1,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
26,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
20,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
74,000
Average annual income (£)
30,250
QR business research element (£)*
5,411
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 418,000 452,000 704,000
Income from consultancy 76,000 49,000 78,000
Income from equipment and facilities 29,000 2,000 0
Income from regeneration 6,201,000 3,463,000 414,000
Income from intellectual property 0 0 0
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 62,000 51,000 36,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 28,000 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 544,000 407,000 499,000
Total per year 7,358,000 4,424,000 1,731,000

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)
36,643,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
571,688
Top-up allocation (£)
0
Total allocation (£)
571,688
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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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