EPSRC Support By Theme

Capability Themes
EPSRC’s support for excellent, long-term disciplinary and multidisciplinary research, in engineering and the physical sciences.

Please Note: Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes is excluded from the table below.

National Capability Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Engineering	464	324,525,994
Information and Communication Technologies	482	376,778,048
Mathematical Sciences	449	241,594,357
Physical Sciences	561	508,003,154
Research Infrastructure	273	178,827,742

Challenge Themes
EPSRC’s support for research to help solve some of the most serious global, economic and societal challenges facing the UK.

The grants values listed below include Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes.

Challenge Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Digital Economy	51	56,797,494
Energy	185	198,334,841
Global Uncertainties	17	10,041,633
Healthcare Technologies	219	260,822,312
Living with Environmental Change	3	1,347,753
Manufacturing the Future	147	250,371,279
Quantum Technologies	72	169,026,454

Non Theme Specific Funding
Some types of funding (large training awards such as the Doctoral Training Accounts or Institutional type awards) cannot be easily and immediately (at the time of award) attributed to individual Capability or Challenge themes. However, to allow a fuller comparison of the funding portfolio by theme, the value and number of such awards, are reported in this table. Where possible, the funding listed in this table will be attributed to individual Capability and Challenge themes in due course.

Non Theme Specific	Number of Grants	Value (£)
	103	62,621,304