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EPSRC Support By Research Area
Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number of grants listed below does not reflect the proportion assigned to different research areas and thus all grants of some relevance to the research area are counted. However, the value of the investment does reflect the proportion assigned to different research areas.

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Research AreaNumber of GrantsProportional Value (£)Grant Value (£)
Algebra74 17,453,776 65,585,752
Analytical Science157 65,332,316 226,949,121
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781 10,133,376
Architecture and Operating Systems83 27,556,017 105,275,164
Artificial Intelligence Technologies341 368,193,984 767,101,301
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics51 40,051,393 84,339,967
Bioenergy11 12,870,096 40,131,223
Biological Informatics25 8,139,824 37,427,572
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering84 64,938,510 163,101,988
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics104 56,886,271 136,155,622
Built Environment23 19,515,622 47,490,922
Carbon Capture and Storage17 23,990,880 59,064,842
Catalysis154 79,761,996 245,007,814
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry114 56,595,049 183,780,913
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms61 38,236,049 135,720,331
Chemical Structure19 18,295,281 38,173,092
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)170 118,721,402 267,609,988
Coastal and Waterway Engineering26 9,062,418 24,522,893
Cold Atoms and Molecules17 16,696,305 22,560,259
Combustion Engineering17 9,183,640 26,162,645
Complex Fluids & Rheology41 20,271,670 58,118,437
Complexity Science1 587,063 3,913,751
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry86 36,151,596 143,718,669
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure81 28,485,482 110,091,891
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials77 27,345,662 83,552,776
Continuum Mechanics47 11,314,124 61,531,908
Control Engineering56 27,177,360 110,620,983
Databases18 6,232,990 19,396,972
Digital Signal Processing34 13,187,206 64,503,091
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics26 25,401,863 56,833,438
Electrochemical Sciences55 12,626,384 76,554,022
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)79 84,428,175 157,482,138
Energy Networks30 28,464,488 60,281,917
Energy Storage65 43,459,995 103,962,610
Engineering Design53 40,274,073 126,772,314
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics118 53,924,178 100,570,054
Fossil fuel power generation1 1,411,155 3,527,887
Fuel Cell Technology6 4,082,112 17,656,755
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics123 47,891,013 148,014,345
Geometry & Topology99 32,932,297 99,027,385
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology41 10,791,970 57,833,929
Graphics and Visualisation23 14,418,100 65,586,277
Ground Engineering46 18,727,319 42,216,734
Human Communication in ICT19 12,028,379 45,280,818
Human-Computer Interaction126 84,301,684 290,923,026
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors54 57,937,529 103,259,616
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems94 49,125,649 191,332,599
Image and Vision Computing70 25,959,744 94,872,271
Information Systems80 47,193,311 165,483,525
Infrastructure and Urban Systems35 30,967,782 60,198,320
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena39 10,875,187 39,287,475
Logic and Combinatorics56 12,860,695 61,717,571
Manufacturing Technologies253 238,061,229 538,959,812
Marine Wave and Tidal30 31,247,875 59,181,171
Materials Engineering - Ceramics29 14,531,355 51,804,909
Materials Engineering - Composites87 48,151,809 143,643,067
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys58 42,538,521 122,889,484
Materials For Energy Applications104 38,152,464 150,416,449
Mathematical Analysis118 33,652,336 104,090,405
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research4 2,317,949 18,911,167
Mathematical biology41 18,089,879 69,499,421
Mathematical Physics52 12,577,194 58,253,364
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)105 99,564,277 185,431,587
Microelectronics Design53 20,259,586 77,669,898
Microelectronics Device Technology83 30,407,882 100,059,274
Microsystems47 10,067,435 48,051,110
Mobile Computing1 53,557 535,566
Music and Acoustic Technology18 8,221,738 18,901,284
Natural Language Processing46 21,509,957 92,959,031
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438 849,520
Non-Linear Systems38 6,923,283 54,164,592
Nuclear Fission37 39,059,101 45,285,856
Number Theory27 10,063,347 47,719,159
Numerical Analysis62 24,666,164 80,090,746
Operational Research51 34,554,836 158,317,058
Optical Communications32 29,594,742 85,185,079
Optical Devices and Subsystems80 49,855,747 125,328,021
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits95 73,942,025 181,348,780
Out of EPSRC Remit49 60,227,953 90,783,048
Particle Physics6 1,268,660 2,574,852
Particle Technology47 17,987,258 78,825,875
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems71 44,802,410 120,963,919
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing47 29,975,892 118,319,240
Photonic Materials84 50,570,168 150,110,761
Plasma and Lasers35 28,818,691 35,980,209
Polymer Materials99 37,404,919 153,103,950
Process Systems: Components and Integration90 66,336,500 214,431,206
Programming Languages and Compilers55 18,678,387 72,033,649
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems152 198,656,954 247,943,750
Quantum Fluids and Solids10 4,842,118 8,174,438
Quantum Optics and Information63 24,183,142 66,901,301
Resource Efficiency1 532,269 2,661,343
RF & Microwave Devices41 18,170,093 48,932,361
RF & MW Communications55 34,517,969 95,131,894
Robotics80 63,252,859 175,593,823
Sensors and Instrumentation138 55,936,422 162,070,932
Software Engineering125 38,815,333 139,759,345
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology53 42,466,738 61,014,625
Speech Technology14 5,299,958 19,184,885
Spintronics47 20,494,004 68,638,378
Statistics and Applied Probability103 73,270,177 187,532,977
Structural Engineering42 29,249,978 64,489,647
Superconductivity33 8,462,217 28,879,448
Surface Science42 14,035,221 45,375,101
Synthetic Biology49 40,306,044 93,017,443
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry57 21,730,158 61,979,077
Synthetic Organic Chemistry70 43,059,993 127,037,281
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry39 11,997,742 51,226,528
Theoretical Computer Science96 35,682,935 105,688,324
Transportation Operations and Management2 741,439 1,114,297
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness82 29,867,090 99,554,315
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses24 8,141,555 20,788,648
Water Engineering23 26,783,196 37,809,810
Whole Energy Systems30 36,561,639 75,985,004
Wind Power24 19,740,831 46,830,236