Annual funding allocations 2019-20
2019-20 allocations
Key documents
In July 2019 we announced grant allocations for 2019-20 for each university that we fund.
For Institutions
Documents for institutions
Documents relating to the 2019-20 allocations.
Announcement date | Documents released |
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July 2019 |
All institutions received:
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Template copies of some of these, along with grant tables that provide information for the sector as a whole are below. Institutions can access their individualised documents through the Office for Students portal.
July 2019 announcement
Grant letter
Download the 2019-20 coverletter as PDF
Technical guidance
Download the Technical guidance 2019-20 as PDF
Sector as a whole
Tables showing grants for the higher education sector as a whole
Download the July 2019 Sector grant tables 2019-20 as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Recurrent grants for 2019-20 by government region
Download the Recurrent grants for 2019-20 by government region as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Funds for Research
Funding element | Total (in £M) |
Mainstream quality-related research (QR) grant including London weighting | 1,095 |
QR Research degree programme (RDP) supervision fund | 260 |
Global challenges research fund (GCRF) | 68 |
QR Charity support element | 204 |
QR Business research element | 64 |
National research libraries | 7 |
Total recurrent research | 1,697 |
Note: Figures in the individual rows of this table may not sum to the total, due to rounding. The documents below provide a more detailed breakdown of the recurrent research funding elements.
QR research funding data 2019-20
Mainstream QR funding, broken down by institution and subject
Download the Mainstream QR research funding, London weighting and GCRF 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 2019-20 mainstream QR funding method
A worked example for 2019-20 QR RDP supervision funding
Download the worked example for 2019-20 QR RDP supervision funding as MS Excel Spreadsheet
The recurrent research funding for 2018-19 is available in Annual funding allocations 2018-19.
Funds for Knowledge Exchange
Funding element | Total (in £M) |
Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) main allocation | 203 |
Of which due to industrial strategy uplift | 50 |
Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) supplement | 10 |
Total knowledge exchange funding | 213 |
The documents below provide more details on knowledge exchange funding.
Knowledge exchange funding data 2019-20
HEIF allocations, broken down by institution
Download the 2019-20 HEIF allocations as MS Excel Spreadsheet
Qualifying income data, broken down by institution and source
Download the 2019-20 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 2018-19 is available in Annex A in Recurrent grants for academic year 2018-19.