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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 5,701,219
Acoustics9 20,010,605
Aerodynamics55 43,501,765
Agricultural systems1 3,897,947
Algebra & Geometry133 111,567,194
Analytical Science135 208,323,958
Artificial Intelligence382 818,799,682
Astron. & Space Sci. Technol.4 14,586,639
Asymmetric Chemistry2 819,649
Atmospheric Kinetics1 7,091,268
Atoms & Ions9 9,990,150
B Physics/Flavour Physics1 5,701,219
Biochemical engineering12 24,408,845
Biochemistry & physiology2 7,124,649
Bioelectronic Devices14 12,558,045
Bioenergy9 32,115,841
Bioinformatics6 11,066,476
Biological & Medicinal Chem.41 81,087,918
Biomaterials74 116,469,625
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation44 68,074,126
Biomedical neuroscience9 13,974,194
Biomedical sciences13 30,462,672
Bionanoscience1 7,275,609
Bionanotechnology2 1,741,907
Biophysics70 91,959,255
Bioprocess Engineering10 54,210,553
Building Ops & Management14 16,770,880
Carbon Capture & Storage17 59,448,111
Cartography and GIS1 6,975,775
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis139 236,570,737
Catalysis & enzymology3 14,503,928
Chemical Biology70 108,952,324
Chemical Structure20 41,346,494
Chemical Synthetic Methodology85 141,483,024
Civil Engineering Materials10 16,295,768
Coastal & Waterway Engineering23 22,477,114
Cognitive Psychology4 2,766,948
Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT2 3,818,682
Cold Atomic Species13 20,790,685
Combustion15 28,470,117
Common Law inc. Commercial Law1 2,671,812
Complex fluids & soft solids55 75,777,181
Complexity Science1 3,913,751
Composition1 6,532,299
Computational Linguistics33 37,303,161
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.22 52,626,295
Computer Sys. & Architecture49 75,027,455
Condensed Matter Physics117 155,925,898
Construction Ops & Management5 12,317,089
Continuum Mechanics56 79,571,139
Control Engineering45 84,713,977
Co-ordination Chemistry53 57,886,842
Cosmology4 7,005,629
Criminology3 8,617,198
Data Handling & Storage1 5,701,219
Design & Testing Technology65 94,350,183
Design Engineering30 89,749,645
Design HTP1 12,959,982
Design of Process systems50 112,425,990
Design Processes3 3,606,144
Development (Biosciences)1 1,255,304
Digital Signal Processing37 67,032,642
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Drug Formulation & Delivery47 70,531,063
Earth Engineering6 10,815,598
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Economics1 26,768,601
Ecosystem Scale Processes1 5,244,818
Electric Motor & Drive Systems16 53,386,522
Electrochemical Science & Eng.50 74,401,407
Electronic Devices & Subsys.106 128,654,664
Energy - Conventional5 7,951,248
Energy - Marine & Hydropower32 61,870,854
Energy - Nuclear37 44,909,009
Energy Efficiency75 171,162,329
Energy Storage79 115,247,059
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology21 32,708,786
Environment2 12,487,203
Environment & Health7 7,331,287
Environmental biotechnology1 162,134
Environmental Planning1 8,787,058
Ethics7 23,038,745
Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol.4 12,245,078
Finance and Accounting1 2,044,217
Fluid Dynamics81 67,847,391
Food processing2 16,200,057
Food structure/composition1 1,698,037
Fuel Cell Technologies10 25,796,401
Fundamentals of Computing179 164,492,478
Fusion11 93,157,841
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions29 58,867,849
Genomics1 1,255,304
Governance1 710,089
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering41 35,682,289
Heat & Mass Transfer9 6,832,894
High Performance Computing18 20,183,315
Human Communication in ICT22 53,365,757
Human Resource Management1 691,374
Human-Computer Interactions120 293,701,166
Image & Vision Computing78 106,991,524
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt80 156,986,438
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.130 178,158,401
Intelligent & Expert Systems3 7,737,537
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,336,082
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics16 11,112,858
Lattice QCD2 6,314,829
Leadership1 691,374
Light-Matter Interactions26 22,264,877
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics55 61,102,127
Macro-molecular delivery1 10,851,090
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena70 76,892,892
Manufact. Business Strategy13 26,962,019
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt38 148,422,174
Manufacturing Machine & Plant183 405,997,353
Materials Characterisation311 399,618,072
Materials Processing72 152,882,844
Materials Synthesis & Growth209 295,512,119
Materials testing & eng.76 109,870,636
Mathematical Analysis126 112,626,052
Mathematical Aspects of OR34 82,558,645
Mathematical Physics50 57,602,691
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.137 254,300,696
Medical Imaging85 97,506,834
Medical science & disease21 38,290,144
Mental Health3 1,640,133
Metabolic engineering1 870,445
Microbiology4 7,897,623
Microsystems54 51,452,703
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing33 68,543,608
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.8 29,825,065
Multiphase Flow5 14,019,914
Music & Acoustic Technology18 18,901,284
Musicology1 6,532,299
Networks & Distributed Systems88 189,813,866
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms8 15,793,827
New Media/Web-Based Studies1 12,959,982
Non-linear Systems Mathematics47 62,226,512
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis70 87,703,723
Oil & Gas Extraction2 6,774,744
Operations Management4 9,475,349
Optical Communications32 84,929,850
Optical Devices & Subsystems85 122,874,910
Optical Phenomena11 15,376,974
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits93 176,666,490
Organisational Studies1 362,646
Parallel Computing17 14,272,679
Particle Technology56 94,496,435
Pavement Engineering2 856,693
Physical Organic Chemistry30 57,160,778
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion17 23,179,829
Plasmas - Technological5 6,687,199
Political Geography1 3,474,398
Power Electronics12 7,050,503
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control1 840,201
Product Design1 4,436,877
Properties Of Earth Materials1 934,132
Protein chemistry6 7,412,033
Protein engineering3 3,679,490
Psychology3 12,166,114
Quantum Field Theory1 850,510
Quantum Fluids & Solids10 8,174,438
Quantum Optics & Information79 77,443,314
Reactor Engineering26 44,900,365
Research approaches2 6,371,631
RF & Microwave Technology74 103,879,321
Rheology10 12,151,868
Robotics & Autonomy73 160,302,346
Safety & Reliability of Plant1 6,864,992
Science & Technology Studies2 26,842,971
Science and Technology Studies3 22,935,747
Separation Processes6 18,847,629
Social Policy3 21,758,292
Social Psychology4 2,271,441
Socio Legal Studies5 32,670,387
Sociology2 3,773,767
Software Engineering123 146,498,767
Soil science6 5,448,309
Solar Technology57 60,786,395
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability113 200,423,815
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 1,958,337
Structural Engineering41 49,709,598
Surfaces & Interfaces44 46,779,256
Survey & Monitoring2 1,988,051
Sustainability Management1 1,460,497
Sustainable Energy Networks62 130,316,811
Sustainable Energy Vectors65 150,617,747
Synthetic biology82 123,218,421
Systems neuroscience2 1,655,001
The Standard Model5 698,206
Theoretical biology1 1,217,160
Tissue engineering56 80,206,504
Tools for the biosciences4 11,184,462
Transport Ops & Management13 30,318,291
Urban & Land Management21 47,387,395
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.22 19,956,597
Waste Management10 12,154,647
Waste Minimisation9 20,928,845
Water Engineering20 39,009,024
Water Quality1 165,201
Wind Power26 49,102,307