Correspondence

Changes to formula-based grant payment profiles

Letters from Research England to heads of English higher education providers, explaining changes to grant payment profiles.

• From: Research England
• Published: 28 March 2025
• Last updated: 23 March 2026 - see all updates

Documents

Payment profile change for quality-related research (QR) funding (March 2026)

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Payment profile change for quality-related research (QR) funding (March 2025)

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Details

These letters explain adjustments to the payment profiles for quality-related research funding.

Each year, some funding originally scheduled for payment from April onwards is brought forward into March.

This is in line with our usual practice at this time of year and does not change the amount of grant allocated to any higher education provider across the academic year.

Updates

• 23 March 2026
  New document added: Payment profile change for quality-related research (QR) funding (March 2026).