Research England formula-based funding for 2025 to 2026

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Individualised student data to inform funding allocations

Research England uses individualised student data, submitted by higher education providers to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), to inform funding allocations and produce data summaries.

QR RDP supervision fund data summary

As part of an exercise known as the ‘post-collection output’ we provide data underpinning the quality-related research (QR) research degree programme (RDP) supervision fund allocations.

This information assists higher education providers (HEPs) with understanding of how their 2023 to 2024 HESA data has been used to inform the 2025 to 2026 funding allocations.

The outputs are not in the public domain due to the sensitivity of the data. Outputs based on early data were made available directly to HEPs through the Research England Data Portal from January 2025, and an update containing the final data used in our allocations process will be issued in due course.

Supporting information

See the QR RDP supervision fund data summary supporting information, aimed at readers with an in-depth knowledge of the data. This supporting information includes:

  • QR RDP supervision fund data summary: technical document
  • QR RDP supervision fund data summary: detailed method document

See how we fund higher education providers for a description of the funding method for the QR RDP supervision fund.

Last updated: 30 July 2025

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