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Example of the calculation of quality-weighted volume used in the mainstream QR funding method (ODS)
Research England grant letter template 2025 to 2026 (PDF)
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The technical guidance is for higher education provider (HEP) planning and finance specialists. It explains in detail how the figures in the 2025 to 2026 grant data tables have been derived.
A workbook provides the HEP income data used in the calculations for HEIF.
The mapping of Research Excellence Framework REF 21 units of assessment (UOAs) to Research England cost centres and Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) cost centres has not changed since original publication in 2022.
The working examples provide spreadsheet formulae for calculations used in mainstream quality-related research (QR) and QR research degree programme (RDP) supervision funding. You can amend the data to see how changes affect the example allocations. These documents have not changed since original publication in 2023.
The grant letter template was used as the basis for the grant letters sent to Research England funded HEPs in July 2025.