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EPSRC Support by Research Areas in Theme (Physical Sciences)

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 and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio in question is currently constituted.

Please note: this is a dynamic database reflecting the current grants portfolio by Research Area within a Theme. Therefore, the number and value of grants within a Research Area will not match exactly the thematic Research Area distributions given at EPSRC's portfolio.

Research AreaNumber of GrantsProportional Value (£)
Analytical Science85 28,884,774
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781
Architecture and Operating Systems2 944,510
Artificial Intelligence Technologies4 2,114,997
Bioenergy1 310,172
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering12 3,381,099
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics57 28,905,312
Carbon Capture and Storage1 234,681
Catalysis105 48,184,334
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry50 19,856,179
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms35 26,736,143
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)7 4,474,473
Cold Atoms and Molecules15 15,390,751
Combustion Engineering1 930,197
Complex Fluids & Rheology3 600,885
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry55 23,285,002
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure58 21,076,292
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials63 22,726,361
Continuum Mechanics1 67,150
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics1 373,213
Electrochemical Sciences27 6,228,443
Energy Storage6 1,870,360
Engineering Design2 527,942
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics1 115,516
Fuel Cell Technology2 936,066
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics85 30,444,398
Geometry & Topology1 32,294
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology20 4,976,876
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors2 511,455
Image and Vision Computing5 335,643
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena29 8,658,320
Logic and Combinatorics1 32,294
Manufacturing Technologies20 5,274,993
Materials Engineering - Ceramics7 169,466
Materials Engineering - Composites22 4,276,856
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys5 2,494,834
Materials For Energy Applications60 22,672,516
Mathematical Physics3 224,247
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)6 3,777,337
Microelectronics Design8 2,150,966
Microelectronics Device Technology23 6,303,869
Microsystems7 2,999,862
Nuclear Fission1 323,564
Numerical Analysis3 408,053
Optical Communications5 1,632,213
Optical Devices and Subsystems14 4,245,023
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits13 4,039,090
Out of EPSRC Remit6 390,444
Particle Physics1 919,557
Particle Technology15 3,555,804
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems7 4,878,229
Photonic Materials62 35,344,794
Plasma and Lasers19 11,462,901
Polymer Materials52 16,067,606
Process Systems: Components and Integration15 5,719,236
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems11 2,324,253
Quantum Fluids and Solids9 4,779,048
Quantum Optics and Information37 18,215,036
RF & Microwave Devices6 653,923
RF & MW Communications3 575,264
Robotics1 434,969
Sensors and Instrumentation17 4,988,519
Solar Technology7 1,533,929
Spintronics40 18,774,223
Superconductivity28 7,713,388
Surface Science29 10,115,421
Synthetic Biology7 2,760,682
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry54 18,957,158
Synthetic Organic Chemistry53 19,084,800
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry30 8,437,246
Water Engineering1 337,067