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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 (£)
Algebra74 17,562,117 65,946,891
Analytical Science155 64,382,187 223,874,710
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781 10,133,376
Architecture and Operating Systems83 27,556,017 105,275,164
Artificial Intelligence Technologies343 374,284,281 778,549,148
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics50 39,043,046 83,079,533
Bioenergy11 12,870,096 40,131,223
Biological Informatics24 8,063,243 37,274,410
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering82 64,578,123 162,381,213
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics106 57,311,334 136,864,061
Built Environment23 19,515,622 47,490,922
Carbon Capture and Storage17 23,990,880 59,064,842
Catalysis155 77,478,365 244,119,543
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry110 56,491,419 183,522,001
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms61 38,236,049 135,720,331
Chemical Structure18 18,218,123 38,018,776
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)160 115,904,242 263,121,630
Coastal and Waterway Engineering26 9,062,418 24,522,893
Cold Atoms and Molecules17 16,696,305 22,560,259
Combustion Engineering17 9,183,640 26,162,645
Complex Fluids & Rheology41 20,271,670 58,118,437
Complexity Science1 587,063 3,913,751
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry85 35,894,521 142,433,293
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure81 28,485,482 110,091,891
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials78 27,466,539 84,358,621
Continuum Mechanics47 11,314,124 61,531,908
Control Engineering56 27,177,360 110,620,983
Databases18 6,232,990 19,396,972
Digital Signal Processing34 13,187,206 64,503,091
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics26 25,401,863 56,833,438
Electrochemical Sciences56 12,827,845 77,359,867
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)79 84,428,175 157,482,138
Energy Networks30 28,464,488 60,281,917
Energy Storage65 43,734,083 104,236,698
Engineering Design53 40,260,853 126,719,432
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics118 53,924,178 100,570,054
Fossil fuel power generation1 1,411,155 3,527,887
Fuel Cell Technology6 4,082,112 17,656,755
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics124 48,011,890 148,820,190
Geometry & Topology98 32,284,368 98,128,073
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology41 10,791,970 57,833,929
Graphics and Visualisation23 14,418,100 65,586,277
Ground Engineering46 18,727,319 42,216,734
Human Communication in ICT19 12,028,379 45,280,818
Human-Computer Interaction127 84,979,779 297,703,980
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors54 57,937,529 103,259,616
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems95 52,502,906 198,060,672
Image and Vision Computing70 25,959,744 94,872,271
Information Systems81 47,990,231 168,139,926
Infrastructure and Urban Systems35 30,967,782 60,198,320
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena39 10,875,187 39,287,475
Logic and Combinatorics56 12,932,922 62,078,710
Manufacturing Technologies247 236,135,119 533,208,534
Marine Wave and Tidal30 31,247,875 59,181,171
Materials Engineering - Ceramics30 14,956,813 52,336,732
Materials Engineering - Composites87 48,151,809 143,643,067
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys58 42,538,521 122,889,484
Materials For Energy Applications104 38,059,897 150,799,400
Mathematical Analysis117 33,639,985 104,028,650
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research4 2,317,949 18,911,167
Mathematical biology39 16,436,202 66,963,430
Mathematical Physics52 12,577,194 58,253,364
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)106 103,181,284 194,632,022
Microelectronics Design53 20,259,586 77,669,898
Microelectronics Device Technology83 30,407,882 100,059,274
Microsystems47 10,374,573 47,396,989
Mobile Computing1 53,557 535,566
Music and Acoustic Technology18 8,221,738 18,901,284
Natural Language Processing46 21,509,957 92,959,031
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438 849,520
Non-Linear Systems38 6,923,283 54,164,592
Nuclear Fission37 39,059,101 45,285,856
Number Theory27 10,063,347 47,719,159
Numerical Analysis62 24,666,164 80,090,746
Operational Research51 34,554,836 158,317,058
Optical Communications31 27,486,959 83,077,296
Optical Devices and Subsystems78 49,537,860 122,783,764
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits94 73,814,521 180,073,741
Out of EPSRC Remit49 60,227,953 90,783,048
Particle Physics6 1,268,660 2,574,852
Particle Technology47 17,987,258 78,825,875
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems71 44,802,410 120,963,919
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing47 29,962,672 118,266,359
Photonic Materials84 50,570,168 150,110,761
Plasma and Lasers35 28,818,691 35,980,209
Polymer Materials99 37,404,919 153,103,950
Process Systems: Components and Integration90 66,336,500 214,431,206
Programming Languages and Compilers55 18,678,387 72,033,649
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems150 196,685,591 245,399,493
Quantum Fluids and Solids10 4,842,118 8,174,438
Quantum Optics and Information63 24,183,142 66,901,301
Resource Efficiency1 532,269 2,661,343
RF & Microwave Devices41 18,170,093 48,932,361
RF & MW Communications55 34,517,969 95,131,894
Robotics80 63,252,859 175,593,823
Sensors and Instrumentation139 56,122,697 162,691,849
Software Engineering126 41,527,714 146,540,299
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology52 42,382,159 60,591,731
Speech Technology14 5,299,958 19,184,885
Spintronics47 20,357,805 68,158,847
Statistics and Applied Probability103 74,206,692 188,928,927
Structural Engineering42 29,249,978 64,489,647
Superconductivity33 8,462,217 28,879,448
Surface Science44 14,318,597 46,083,539
Synthetic Biology49 40,306,044 93,017,443
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry58 21,958,891 62,304,763
Synthetic Organic Chemistry70 43,059,993 127,037,281
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry40 12,013,650 51,306,067
Theoretical Computer Science96 35,682,935 105,688,324
Transportation Operations and Management2 741,439 1,114,297
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness82 29,867,090 99,554,315
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses24 8,141,555 20,788,648
Water Engineering23 26,783,196 37,809,810
Whole Energy Systems30 36,561,639 75,985,004
Wind Power24 19,740,831 46,830,236