Annual Funding allocations 2020-21
2020-21 allocations
Key documents
In August 2020 we announced grant allocations for 2020-21 for each university that we fund.
For providers
Documents for providers
Grant letter
Download the 2020-21 cover letter as PDF
Technical guidance
Download the Technical guidance 2020-21 as PDF
Sector as a whole
Tables showing grants for the higher education sector as a whole
Download the Sector grant tables 2020-21 as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Recurrent grants by government region
Download the Recurrent grants for 2020-21 by government region as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Funds for Research
| Element of Quality-related research (QR) grant | Academic year total (£M) | ||
| 2020-21 | Additional funding for 2020-21 | Total funding | |
| Mainstream QR funding including London weighting | 1,095 | 97 | 1,192 |
| QR Research degree programme (RDP) supervision funding | 260 | 0 | 260 |
| QR Charity support element | 204 | 0 | 204 |
| QR Business research element | 64 | 10 | 74 |
| National research libraries | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Total QR funding | 1,630 | 107 | 1,737 |
The documents below provide a more detailed breakdown of the recurrent research funding elements.
QR research funding data 2020-21
Mainstream QR funding, broken down by institution and subject
Download the Mainstream QR research funding and London weighting as MS Excel Spreadsheet
QR RDP supervision funding, broken down by institution and subject
Download the QR RDP supervision funding as MS Excel Spreadsheet
QR charity support funding and QR business research funding, broken down by institution
Mapping between REF 2014 UOA, research cost weight and HESA cost centre
Download the Mapping of REF 2014 UOAs to cost centres as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Data sources for recurrent research funding
Download the Data sources for research funding as PDF
An example of the calculation of quality-weighted volume used in the mainstream QR funding method
A worked example for QR RDP supervision funding
Download the worked example for 2020-21 QR RDP supervision funding as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Data for the other elements of the QR grant is available in Annex A of publication (RE-P-2020-05) Research and knowledge exchange funding for 2020-21
The recurrent research funding for 2019-20 is available in Annual funding allocations 2019-20.
Funds for Knowledge Exchange
| Funding element | Total (in £M) |
| Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) main allocation | 220 |
| Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) supplement | 10 |
| Total knowledge exchange funding | 230 |
The documents below provide more details on knowledge exchange funding.
Knowledge exchange funding data 2020-21
HEIF allocations, broken down by institution
Download the 2020-21 HEIF allocations as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Qualifying income data, broken down by institution and source
Download the 2020-21 HEIF qualifying income tables as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Data sources for knowledge exchange funding
Download the Data sources for knowledge exchange funding as PDF
Knowledge exchange funding for 2019-20 is available in Annual funding allocations 2019-20.