How much grant funding is awarded UK: Grant Award Outcomes

The median published figure in the Grant Award Outcomes is 21 percent across 4 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 19 to 27 percent), read 11 October 2026.

21 % Median published figure +5.0% since 26 Sept 2026 middle half 19.5 to 25.5 %
19 to 27 % Range a 8 % spread; quartiles 19.5 and 25.5
4 Published figures from 2 source pages, read 23 Oct 2026
2 of 10 Sources read that publish one 20% publish a figure at all
  1. UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202627 %
  2. UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202621 %
  3. UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 202521 %
  4. UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202619 %
Every published figure, highest first.median 21 %
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UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202627 %
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202621 %
UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 202521 %
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202619 %

2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 11 October 2026.

The median is up 1 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 20 percent across 2).

By year and region and funder

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
year2025 to 202619%19 to 19%1
year2025 to 20262,550,150,000GBP2,550,150,000 to 2,550,150,000GBP1
year2024 to 202521%21 to 21%1
year2023 to 202427%27 to 27%1
regionoutside Greater South East4,600,000,000GBP4,600,000,000 to 4,600,000,000GBP1
funderUKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024)21%21 to 21%1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 20265,100,000,000GBP2025 to 20262026-10-11
UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 20254,600,000,000GBPoutside Greater South East2026-10-11
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026300,000GBP2025 to 20262026-10-11
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202627%2023 to 20242026-10-11
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202621%2024 to 20252026-10-11
UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 202521%UKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024)2026-10-11
UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 202619%2025 to 20262026-10-11
The sentence each figure was read from (7)

Read in full, publishes no figure

8 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

2 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 178 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the awarded series joined from the two open award registers, Gateway to Research (every UKRI and Innovate UK award since 2006 with its value) and GrantNav (a million grants from 200-plus UK funders in the 360Giving standard), cut by year, funder, sector and region, beside the published award RATE.

What nobody computes is the pair: advertised pot against money actually awarded, and scheme ceiling against median award, per funder per year, so a reader can see that the answer to 'can I get £X' is a distribution and not a ceiling.

Every figure is sourced to the register that published it, with its own coverage caveat carried (UKRI states that 15-20% of its expenditure sits outside the series).

178 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The median published figure in the Grant Award Outcomes is 21 percent across 4 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 19 to 27 percent), read 11 October 2026.

2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, year 2025 to 2026: median 19 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, year 2025 to 2026: median 2,550,150,000 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, year 2024 to 2025: median 21 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, year 2023 to 2024: median 27 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, region outside Greater South East: median 4,600,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

Grant Award Outcomes, funder UKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024): median 21 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.

The median is up 1 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 20 percent across 2).

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median published figure, Grant Award Outcomes, across 2 sources, read 11 October 2026

Source: businessgrantsfinder.co.uk Grant Award Outcomes

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