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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 (£)
Algebra72 16,336,419 52,271,641
Analytical Science158 67,952,850 235,566,761
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781 10,133,376
Architecture and Operating Systems90 27,810,646 103,050,224
Artificial Intelligence Technologies337 327,833,696 702,824,970
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics51 39,108,938 83,244,261
Bioenergy12 17,287,637 44,548,764
Biological Informatics25 8,340,866 38,662,524
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering84 66,469,306 165,836,926
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics110 56,825,161 142,606,845
Built Environment22 18,488,194 37,216,643
Carbon Capture and Storage17 23,990,880 59,064,842
Catalysis153 81,358,702 249,727,849
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry116 60,935,186 197,378,269
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms61 40,704,054 140,443,559
Chemical Structure18 18,218,123 38,018,776
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)164 115,383,801 259,729,848
Coastal and Waterway Engineering26 10,011,243 25,471,718
Cold Atoms and Molecules16 8,398,816 13,340,827
Combustion Engineering17 9,183,640 26,162,645
Complex Fluids & Rheology42 20,345,878 58,415,272
Complexity Science1 587,063 3,913,751
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry83 34,745,940 136,473,488
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure83 28,894,348 111,501,841
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials82 27,938,091 85,920,071
Continuum Mechanics48 10,526,228 48,333,329
Control Engineering57 27,328,740 110,822,822
Databases18 6,232,990 19,396,972
Digital Signal Processing36 17,321,770 69,018,865
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics27 25,618,228 57,049,804
Electrochemical Sciences57 12,860,945 77,690,860
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)81 79,950,948 154,487,491
Energy Networks32 29,700,425 61,699,222
Energy Storage68 44,527,716 106,100,182
Engineering Design52 39,233,426 116,445,171
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics122 55,343,132 102,715,374
Fossil fuel power generation1 1,411,155 3,527,887
Fuel Cell Technology7 4,401,216 18,188,594
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics129 51,982,432 155,375,534
Geometry & Topology96 28,305,051 75,956,496
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology40 10,703,093 56,945,152
Graphics and Visualisation23 13,608,220 55,605,019
Ground Engineering46 18,727,319 42,216,734
Human Communication in ICT19 12,028,379 45,280,818
Human-Computer Interaction127 83,461,218 282,248,997
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors57 58,599,071 103,921,158
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems94 48,353,662 178,685,692
Image and Vision Computing67 25,490,867 92,527,889
Information Systems83 48,646,130 172,666,382
Infrastructure and Urban Systems37 31,937,821 61,702,168
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena38 10,830,915 38,844,754
Logic and Combinatorics57 12,194,318 48,613,204
Manufacturing Technologies246 238,872,073 537,658,992
Marine Wave and Tidal30 31,247,875 59,181,171
Materials Engineering - Ceramics29 14,194,135 51,940,438
Materials Engineering - Composites87 51,983,556 147,474,814
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys59 43,037,248 124,122,834
Materials For Energy Applications106 38,145,825 154,423,882
Mathematical Analysis120 33,086,226 91,189,507
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research3 154,234 1,003,482
Mathematical biology39 15,267,442 53,855,828
Mathematical Physics50 11,140,306 44,238,961
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)106 99,677,248 185,843,854
Microelectronics Design56 21,131,231 82,287,335
Microelectronics Device Technology85 30,313,942 99,833,974
Microsystems47 10,374,573 47,396,989
Mobile Computing1 53,557 535,566
Music and Acoustic Technology18 8,221,917 18,901,732
Natural Language Processing46 21,180,169 87,009,470
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438 849,520
Non-Linear Systems40 7,848,379 44,748,014
Nuclear Fission46 77,136,337 83,363,092
Number Theory26 8,987,886 34,114,882
Numerical Analysis62 23,772,027 66,677,059
Operational Research50 33,528,075 144,712,781
Optical Communications32 29,594,742 85,185,079
Optical Devices and Subsystems77 49,453,823 122,363,577
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits96 74,293,911 181,498,868
Out of EPSRC Remit49 60,227,953 90,783,048
Particle Physics6 1,268,660 2,574,852
Particle Technology45 16,903,121 77,741,738
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems71 42,654,847 119,185,376
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing48 28,509,787 109,037,212
Photonic Materials88 51,479,814 152,152,078
Plasma and Lasers35 28,280,751 35,556,295
Polymer Materials101 37,758,978 153,817,100
Process Systems: Components and Integration91 67,194,071 221,757,644
Programming Languages and Compilers58 19,684,953 76,351,820
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems143 194,677,090 235,406,252
Quantum Fluids and Solids10 4,842,118 8,174,438
Quantum Optics and Information59 23,921,045 65,800,903
Resource Efficiency1 532,269 2,661,343
RF & Microwave Devices43 18,386,698 50,235,206
RF & MW Communications56 34,772,110 95,555,463
Robotics80 63,252,859 175,593,823
Sensors and Instrumentation143 56,474,161 163,806,021
Software Engineering134 42,236,844 151,456,612
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology54 42,998,666 61,373,734
Speech Technology14 5,299,958 19,184,885
Spintronics50 20,632,108 69,029,725
Statistics and Applied Probability98 63,743,325 136,600,224
Structural Engineering43 29,836,721 65,076,390
Superconductivity32 8,030,256 27,645,273
Surface Science44 14,318,597 46,083,539
Synthetic Biology51 40,767,865 93,660,920
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry56 21,434,382 61,262,879
Synthetic Organic Chemistry72 46,399,621 132,911,816
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry41 13,005,694 56,266,285
Theoretical Computer Science98 36,176,887 102,406,563
Transportation Operations and Management2 741,439 1,114,297
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness88 32,182,071 109,075,841
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses25 8,342,336 20,989,429
Water Engineering22 26,182,115 37,208,729
Whole Energy Systems31 36,828,543 77,319,525
Wind Power24 19,740,831 46,830,236