19. HEFCE Research Funding (QR)
• Charities funding
– Unweighted for quality
– Based on HESA returns
– Normally averaged over 2 years
• Business Research Element (BRE) – introduced in 2007‐08
– Unweighted for quality
– Based on HESA returns
– 2014‐15 allocations based on average of 2011‐12 and 2012‐13
Research Income from UK industry, commerce and public corporations
• Research Degree Programme student supervision funding
– Home/EU students in years 1‐3 only
– Returned annually in RAS