Advance HE
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your organisation is a member of Advance HE and fits one of the eligible groups, this funder is worth a look: Innovative Practice Grants are for SSI/CBHE member institutions, and Global Impact Grants for international member institutions.
- Organisations that are not members should not apply, since both grant streams named here are limited to members.
- No application process is published, so start with the contact shown on its website and ask how to proceed.
- Its published descriptions focus on documenting initiatives with demonstrable impact on staff or students and sharing practice through short case studies, so a project-based request built around that fits.
- The annual report gives a total of £105,000 awarded across 39 grants, so keep any request modest.
Overview
Advance HE is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1101607).
Advance HE is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1101607) whose purpose is to advance the professional practice of higher education to improve outcomes for the benefit of students, staff and society. It awards grant funding to its members for institutional projects that showcase excellence and enable the sharing of good practice. The annual report gives a total of £105,000 awarded, with 39 grants across three funding streams: Collaborative Development Fund, Global Impact Grants and Innovative Practice Grants. Innovative Practice Grants go to small, specialist and college-based higher education institutions across the UK, and Global Impact Grants go to institutions across the globe, both for sharing good practice as a short form case study.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Advance HE awards grant funding to its members for institutional projects that showcase excellence and enable the sharing of good practice in higher education. Its Innovative Practice Grants target small, specialist, independent and college-based higher education institutions; the UK-wide scheme supports sharing good practice through short-form case studies and offers smaller institutions a platform to share innovations. Global Impact Grants support international member institutions to share good practice and are awarded to institutions across the globe. The approach is project-based: the published descriptions frame the awards around institutions documenting initiatives and sharing practice.
Themes
- Higher education good practice
Geographic Focus
The UK; the globe. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Who can apply:
- Innovative Practice Grants: SSI/CBHE member institutions
- Global Impact Grants: International member institutions
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The scheme invites member institutions to document initiatives with a demonstrable impact on staff or students.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Advance HE.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 July 2021 | £15,294,000 | £13,724,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 July 2021 |
| year to 31 July 2022 | £15,965,000 | £27,054,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 July 2022 |
| year to 31 July 2023 | £17,358,000 | £16,826,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 July 2023 |
| year to 31 July 2024 | £19,194,000 | £10,001,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 July 2024 |
| year to 31 July 2025 | £17,614,000 | £17,813,000 | £105,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- advance-he.ac.uk
- advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/advance-he-publishes-case-studies-celebrating-innovation-in-small-and-specialist-providers · read on 23 October 2026
- advance-he.ac.uk/contact-us · read on 23 October 2026
- advance-he.org/knowledge-hub/global-impact-grants-2026 · read on 23 October 2026; a page about the charity on another site
- advance-he.org/knowledge-hub/innovative-practice-grants-2026 · read on 23 October 2026; a page about the charity on another site
- Annual report (year to 31 July 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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