Find information on how to make a Protected Disclosure under the external procedures in place in the HEA.
INSPIRE is a €750 million investment package that will address research infrastructure needs across the higher education sector while ensuring alignment with national research and innovation priorities.
Tracking graduate outcomes is crucial to improving the quality of education for students and outcomes for graduates.
The Higher Education Authority is the statutory agency responsible for the allocation of exchequer funding to the universities, institutes of technology (IoTs) and other higher education institutions (HEIs).
Most of the grants which the HEA allocates are ‘recurrent’ grants, allocated against the ongoing running costs of the institutions. The HEA also allocates capital funding for buildings and equipment with agreement from the Department of Education and Skills.
This page hosts the Funding Framework prepared in adherence with the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 and approved by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, in March 2026.
View details of the funding allocated to each Higher Education Institution (HEI).
Review of the Funding Allocation Model for Higher Education Institutions
16 October, 2025