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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 (£)
Algebra89 18,668,939 69,085,698
Analytical Science172 77,191,022 257,194,571
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781 10,133,376
Architecture and Operating Systems94 24,696,935 92,923,772
Artificial Intelligence Technologies277 169,024,626 485,105,708
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics58 40,711,967 88,536,051
Bioenergy8 16,278,498 41,520,098
Biological Informatics24 6,172,984 33,365,618
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering94 71,818,078 232,706,531
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics132 63,264,926 165,703,396
Built Environment27 13,438,326 33,962,073
Carbon Capture and Storage15 22,002,820 55,941,558
Catalysis176 86,926,354 266,512,228
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry127 62,958,016 203,642,244
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms75 42,591,195 144,006,127
Chemical Structure18 15,282,214 38,059,685
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)179 98,518,442 235,106,603
Coastal and Waterway Engineering17 8,176,693 23,310,409
Cold Atoms and Molecules25 16,494,691 32,993,222
Combustion Engineering22 8,681,445 24,694,939
Complex Fluids & Rheology38 19,435,037 60,624,138
Complexity Science3 3,116,640 9,676,290
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry80 34,832,382 132,064,230
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure91 31,936,397 123,156,720
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials108 35,965,551 156,024,744
Continuum Mechanics64 16,821,671 75,463,578
Control Engineering57 24,584,572 107,305,082
Databases15 5,362,151 20,023,989
Digital Signal Processing44 16,164,870 68,075,623
Displays2 1,296,732 8,730,404
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics32 30,960,294 62,902,869
Electrochemical Sciences52 12,487,158 76,010,139
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)81 81,086,932 151,800,655
Energy Networks36 27,186,247 52,978,334
Energy Storage74 178,815,104 238,513,270
Engineering Design73 49,960,390 145,524,762
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics160 75,625,192 128,810,897
Fossil fuel power generation1 1,411,155 3,527,887
Fuel Cell Technology6 3,672,295 17,279,946
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics162 72,974,047 256,171,912
Geometry & Topology107 26,577,711 81,510,366
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology51 31,287,762 148,064,037
Graphics and Visualisation30 14,223,101 52,407,057
Ground Engineering40 18,005,377 42,719,076
Human Communication in ICT16 6,445,436 17,760,426
Human-Computer Interaction134 71,260,687 215,955,859
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors55 36,106,111 71,495,861
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems110 36,375,179 151,037,877
Image and Vision Computing76 27,972,101 100,262,596
Information Systems111 59,097,887 200,160,306
Infrastructure and Urban Systems45 32,821,702 79,618,446
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena46 12,780,039 51,854,224
Logic and Combinatorics62 12,911,059 57,883,508
Manufacturing Technologies303 268,308,975 631,243,421
Marine Wave and Tidal31 25,656,127 54,144,654
Materials Engineering - Ceramics32 15,561,208 107,192,091
Materials Engineering - Composites86 54,129,145 196,842,118
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys71 58,968,505 194,061,794
Materials For Energy Applications119 47,530,512 235,423,132
Mathematical Analysis143 44,061,727 116,053,889
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research1 17,448 58,159
Mathematical biology56 21,391,861 79,708,723
Mathematical Physics61 12,139,144 54,521,766
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)116 84,232,154 182,416,635
Microelectronics Design53 16,558,348 74,323,688
Microelectronics Device Technology87 29,149,437 106,146,668
Microsystems44 10,610,716 48,910,450
Music and Acoustic Technology22 9,590,283 23,848,756
Natural Language Processing46 18,377,300 81,125,161
Non-Linear Systems58 12,308,258 65,277,085
Nuclear Fission87 137,274,258 145,725,740
Number Theory36 9,974,038 45,882,259
Numerical Analysis75 29,933,909 100,348,835
Operational research58 40,407,276 185,548,316
Optical Communications33 24,833,480 78,236,777
Optical Devices and Subsystems76 54,409,923 148,846,213
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits89 71,806,694 192,057,310
Out of EPSRC Remit38 56,956,683 83,516,964
Particle Physics5 349,103 698,206
Particle Technology48 19,489,250 85,330,775
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems80 59,160,410 143,315,604
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing67 25,930,883 96,772,276
Photonic Materials93 51,901,368 217,537,817
Plasma and Lasers32 24,304,261 31,533,862
Polymer Materials106 50,886,760 231,644,836
Process Systems: Components and Integration98 67,913,892 235,485,085
Programming Languages and Compilers71 18,136,281 67,136,837
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems93 159,665,694 195,367,963
Quantum Fluids and Solids9 4,222,464 10,390,143
Quantum Optics and Information63 37,066,116 94,987,199
RF & Microwave Devices52 24,856,491 65,309,671
RF & MW Communications52 20,982,713 65,468,682
Robotics75 62,610,781 156,280,786
Sensors and Instrumentation142 54,825,759 163,755,102
Software Engineering127 35,404,246 128,937,723
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology58 41,218,154 65,784,710
Speech Technology13 5,230,516 18,489,380
Spintronics61 19,659,819 68,154,970
Statistics and Applied Probability123 78,034,233 179,927,378
Structural Engineering58 39,516,144 84,096,888
Superconductivity39 11,421,101 92,772,524
Surface Science52 15,458,853 55,428,773
Synthetic Biology50 39,940,085 99,000,191
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry64 21,322,761 64,496,597
Synthetic Organic Chemistry101 57,047,942 155,948,066
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry51 21,332,358 69,887,446
Theoretical Computer Science107 35,967,103 110,601,282
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness98 28,955,802 100,320,562
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses24 5,330,199 18,057,352
Water Engineering26 27,203,544 40,746,822
Whole Energy Systems41 46,781,109 80,378,246
Wind Power30 23,112,998 51,328,399