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EPSRC Support By Research Topic
A classification scheme has been developed by the Research Councils which covers all of their remits. The complete list of research topics is shown, but there will be topics that are outside EPSRC's remit. To navigate through the 400 research topics, you can use the initial filter.

We classify grants using one or more research topics. Value is the total value of the grants awarded, not the proportion assigned to different research topics, so it does not show the level of investment in different research areas.

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Research TopicNumber of GrantsValue (£)
Accelerator R&D1 5,720,971
Acoustics8 26,120,298
Aerodynamics47 60,549,395
Agricultural systems2 5,408,149
Algebra & Geometry112 114,004,446
Analytical Science117 181,947,512
Artificial Intelligence361 995,036,536
Astron. & Space Sci. Technol.2 13,548,170
Asymmetric Chemistry2 819,649
Atmospheric Kinetics1 7,091,917
Atoms & Ions8 9,136,429
B Physics/Flavour Physics1 5,720,971
Biochemical engineering12 24,408,845
Biochemistry & physiology2 7,124,649
Bioelectronic Devices14 29,173,246
Bioenergy9 20,713,957
Bioinformatics7 15,495,856
Biological & Medicinal Chem.39 83,304,176
Biomaterials62 96,660,611
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation40 63,570,801
Biomedical neuroscience9 13,974,196
Biomedical sciences13 30,408,839
Bionanoscience1 7,289,676
Bionanotechnology1 888,777
Biophysics64 81,514,276
Bioprocess Engineering10 54,210,553
Bioreactors1 1,048,273
Building Ops & Management11 14,206,149
Carbon Capture & Storage16 63,992,760
Cartography and GIS1 6,989,842
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis128 241,820,743
Catalysis & enzymology4 20,177,656
Chemical Biology63 121,982,546
Chemical Structure13 35,710,578
Chemical Synthetic Methodology73 135,251,201
Civil Engineering Materials7 21,487,072
Coastal & Waterway Engineering20 20,470,672
Cognitive Psychology2 1,203,144
Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT1 3,259,000
Cold Atomic Species12 20,715,452
Combustion16 37,091,348
Complex fluids & soft solids40 60,411,217
Complexity Science1 3,913,751
Composition1 6,537,126
Computational Linguistics22 31,613,868
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.20 57,327,802
Computer Sys. & Architecture46 69,960,209
Condensed Matter Physics100 160,735,512
Construction Ops & Management3 11,591,664
Continuum Mechanics49 82,539,810
Control Engineering43 90,838,123
Co-ordination Chemistry48 57,494,722
Cosmology4 7,025,381
Criminology2 1,644,599
Data Handling & Storage1 5,720,971
Design & Testing Technology60 124,218,105
Design Engineering25 87,705,694
Design HTP1 13,009,617
Design of Process systems46 140,651,771
Design Processes3 3,606,144
Development (Biosciences)1 1,255,304
Digital Signal Processing35 65,549,281
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Drug Formulation & Delivery41 79,302,745
Earth Engineering6 10,815,598
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Economics1 30,711,963
Ecosystem Scale Processes1 5,244,818
Electric Motor & Drive Systems15 52,119,181
Electrochemical Science & Eng.43 69,874,460
Electronic Devices & Subsys.95 130,596,762
Energy - Conventional3 22,347,607
Energy - Marine & Hydropower31 72,049,786
Energy - Nuclear35 55,944,562
Energy Efficiency65 185,906,659
Energy Storage66 105,409,256
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology17 22,610,084
Environment2 12,487,203
Environment & Health8 13,972,762
Environmental biotechnology1 162,134
Environmental Planning1 8,846,359
Ethics3 9,542,151
Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol.4 12,284,583
Finance and Accounting1 2,044,217
Fluid Dynamics71 61,245,550
Food processing2 16,200,057
Food structure/composition1 1,698,037
Fuel Cell Technologies7 24,133,996
Fundamentals of Computing157 153,153,677
Fusion11 90,826,074
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions19 46,306,242
Gene therapy1 2,100,849
Genomics1 1,255,304
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering36 33,293,885
Heat & Mass Transfer8 6,584,031
High Performance Computing18 21,362,801
Human Communication in ICT19 60,072,179
Human Resource Management1 691,374
Human-Computer Interactions101 281,896,100
Image & Vision Computing68 108,933,338
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt72 138,354,872
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.108 173,796,598
Intelligent & Expert Systems4 9,249,766
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,339,628
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics16 13,421,626
Lattice QCD2 6,334,581
Leadership1 691,374
Light-Matter Interactions19 18,886,327
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics51 61,677,865
Macro-molecular delivery1 10,851,090
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena51 66,655,593
Manufact. Business Strategy14 25,275,182
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt31 115,963,498
Manufacturing Machine & Plant166 368,155,444
Materials Characterisation260 408,297,453
Materials Processing68 142,318,055
Materials Synthesis & Growth179 329,464,158
Materials testing & eng.71 99,124,559
Mathematical Analysis105 117,403,461
Mathematical Aspects of OR29 84,664,337
Mathematical Physics43 64,962,417
Mech. & Fluid Power Transmiss.1 429,038
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.123 277,398,091
Medical Imaging81 120,672,667
Medical science & disease23 49,199,689
Mental Health3 1,640,133
Metabolic engineering1 870,445
Microbiology2 7,120,980
Microsystems39 42,581,707
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing33 74,208,892
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.9 30,607,477
Multiphase Flow4 8,254,786
Music & Acoustic Technology16 27,203,320
Musicology1 6,537,126
Networks & Distributed Systems82 215,838,933
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms7 14,932,749
New Media/Web-Based Studies1 13,009,617
Non-linear Systems Mathematics41 62,295,196
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis62 101,438,118
Oil & Gas Extraction1 4,186,496
Operations Management4 9,475,349
Optical Communications24 73,031,648
Optical Devices & Subsystems68 116,909,228
Optical Phenomena12 15,854,301
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits81 155,201,892
Parallel Computing14 12,852,842
Particle Technology40 72,484,963
Pavement Engineering1 471,201
Physical Organic Chemistry22 44,933,407
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion15 18,808,934
Plasmas - Technological2 1,561,084
Political Geography1 3,474,398
Power Electronics8 6,282,632
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control2 1,232,704
Product Design1 4,436,877
Properties Of Earth Materials1 934,132
Protein chemistry4 5,923,344
Protein engineering3 2,855,654
Psychology2 5,193,515
Quantum Field Theory1 850,510
Quantum Fluids & Solids10 8,174,438
Quantum Optics & Information71 85,594,723
Reactor Engineering20 41,511,582
Research approaches2 6,371,631
RF & Microwave Technology69 106,768,909
Rheology4 7,073,470
Robotics & Autonomy65 169,939,430
Safety & Reliability of Plant1 6,864,992
Science & Technology Studies2 30,786,333
Science and Technology Studies2 22,610,481
Separation Processes6 18,847,629
Social Policy3 21,780,795
Social Psychology3 1,878,380
Socio Legal Studies4 36,265,310
Software Engineering110 152,348,246
Soil science5 4,023,309
Solar Technology44 48,936,680
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability102 241,890,647
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 1,958,337
Structural Engineering41 65,315,712
Surfaces & Interfaces35 40,417,800
Survey & Monitoring1 1,207,271
Sustainability Management1 1,460,497
Sustainable Energy Networks58 129,328,384
Sustainable Energy Vectors56 149,389,552
Synthetic biology75 123,439,399
Systems neuroscience2 1,655,001
The Standard Model4 534,888
Theoretical biology1 1,217,160
Tissue engineering44 77,298,860
Tools for the biosciences5 18,251,273
Transport Ops & Management11 27,456,554
Urban & Land Management18 44,511,118
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.21 27,705,033
Waste Management7 10,943,495
Waste Minimisation10 23,442,907
Water Engineering15 41,049,897
Water Quality1 165,201
Wind Power28 65,908,809