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Data sources for HEFCE quality-related research (QR) funding

2011-12 QR funding

QR funding and research volume, broken down by institution and subject

[ Download QR funding and research volume, broken down by institution and subject as MS Excel file 31K ]

Business research element and eligible income, broken down by institution

[ Download Business research element and eligible income, broken down by institution as MS Excel file 48K ]

Mapping between UOA, research cost weight, teaching price group and cost centre

[ Download Mapping between UOA, research cost weight, teaching price group and cost centre as MS Excel file 439K ]

The QR funding data for years prior to 2011-12 are available.

Data sources for mainstream QR funding

Our mainstream QR funding is allocated selectively according to quality.

The source data we have used to calculate mainstream QR funding for 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 are shown below.

Volume measure Source of data for 2008-09 Source of data for 2009-10 Source of data for 2010-11 Source of data for 2011-12
Category A FTE staff submitted to the RAE and attributable to quality levels 2*, 3* and 4* 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Category A (and A* staff in post on the RAE census date) FTE funded from general funds and NHS funds 2001 RAE
Research fellows 2007 Research Activity Survey
Research assistants 2007 Research Activity Survey

In the QR funding Excel file the column headed 'Quality-weighted volume' contains the volume measure multiplied by the quality weighting. For 2011-12, the following quality weightings were applied to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise quality profiles:

Quality level 4* 3* 2* 1* Unclassified
Quality weighting 9 3 0.2940 0

An example of the calculation of quality-weighted volume used in the 2011-12 mainstream QR funding method

[ Download An example of the calculation of quality-weighted volume used in the 2011-12 mainstream QR funding method MS Excel 25K ]

Data sources for the RDP supervision fund

The following data is used to allocate the research degree programme (RDP) supervision fund:

Indicator Source of data for 2008-09 Source of data for 2009-10 Source of data for 2010-11 Source of data for 2011-12
Fundable home fee-paying research students 2007 Research Activity Survey 2008 Research Activity Survey 2009 Research Activity Survey 2010 Research Activity Survey

Data sources for the charity support fund

The following data is used to allocate the QR Charity support element:

Indicator Source of data for 2008-09 Source of data for 2009-10 Source of data for 2010-11 Source of data for 2011-12
Project and capital income from eligible UK and overseas charities 2006-07 income from the 2007 Research Activity Survey 2007-08 income from the 2008 Research Activity Survey 2007-08 and 2008-09 income from the 2008 and 2009 Research Activity Surveys, respectively 2008-09 and 2009-10 income from the 2009 and 2010 Research Activity Surveys, respectively

Data sources for the business research element

The following measure is used to allocate funds for the QR Business research element:

Indicator Source of data for 2008-09 Source of data for 2009-10 Source of data for 2010-11 Source of data for 2011-12
Research income from UK industry, commerce and public corporations Average of 2004-05 and 2005-06 income taken from HESA Finance Statistics Return Table 4 for academic departments Average of 2005-06 and 2006-07 income taken from HESA Finance Statistics Return Table 4 for academic departments Average of 2006-07 and 2007-08 income taken from HESA Finance Statistics Return Table 4 for academic departments
Research income from UK, EU and non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations Average of 2007-08 and 2008-09 income taken from HESA Finance Statistics Return Table 4 / 5b for academic departments and academic services

For further information, please contact Jennifer Crook, tel 0117 931 7287, e-mail j.crook@hefce.ac.uk.

Last updated 7 April 2011