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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 (£)
Algebra58 18,912,983 68,421,910
Analytical Science140 59,616,482 227,214,995
Antihydrogen7 8,821,059 9,279,655
Architecture and Operating Systems76 24,189,746 103,539,614
Artificial Intelligence Technologies326 499,545,972 923,641,103
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics47 39,782,074 80,662,482
Bioenergy12 12,044,020 29,144,286
Biological Informatics24 8,100,855 37,239,761
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering70 56,972,404 140,532,886
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics93 53,221,581 123,933,825
Built Environment20 26,967,732 52,904,492
Carbon Capture and Storage15 20,236,439 51,809,133
Catalysis139 82,251,352 250,191,135
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry107 72,603,607 200,658,326
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms46 37,193,894 124,455,245
Chemical Structure12 16,378,586 32,696,001
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)154 132,548,360 293,636,642
Coastal and Waterway Engineering21 8,321,013 22,081,602
Cold Atoms and Molecules16 16,480,409 22,485,026
Combustion Engineering20 12,764,515 36,069,876
Complex Fluids & Rheology31 14,017,199 42,092,914
Complexity Science1 587,063 3,913,751
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry83 41,242,591 158,006,799
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure75 31,558,725 112,170,352
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials58 23,157,391 75,258,515
Continuum Mechanics42 12,808,195 64,867,628
Control Engineering52 27,579,138 112,031,939
Databases18 9,009,029 39,224,707
Digital Signal Processing30 12,833,376 61,695,143
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics22 27,260,227 63,233,040
Electrochemical Sciences49 11,233,594 65,766,799
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)68 71,754,226 146,754,833
Energy Networks28 25,256,689 57,127,322
Energy Storage55 38,127,539 96,088,715
Engineering Design43 40,717,264 118,315,621
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics108 77,161,134 120,015,325
Fuel Cell Technology5 3,811,998 17,206,564
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics109 52,447,704 162,550,466
Geometry & Topology81 31,644,005 101,629,188
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology33 11,012,769 58,724,456
Graphics and Visualisation21 20,341,327 70,321,498
Ground Engineering35 15,972,214 35,927,156
Human Communication in ICT21 17,571,598 58,733,272
Human-Computer Interaction110 80,670,628 291,372,492
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors48 59,823,246 100,305,569
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems88 61,063,035 201,548,166
Image and Vision Computing60 22,628,671 91,862,809
Information Systems71 42,708,380 141,734,462
Infrastructure and Urban Systems26 28,799,299 53,897,104
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena32 9,841,160 34,811,975
Logic and Combinatorics52 12,625,997 63,078,549
Manufacturing Technologies245 241,617,126 540,960,738
Marine Wave and Tidal30 36,244,399 69,067,554
Materials Engineering - Ceramics29 13,101,250 50,346,974
Materials Engineering - Composites82 55,379,366 156,894,314
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys54 43,842,178 117,068,549
Materials For Energy Applications93 43,635,841 167,320,102
Mathematical Analysis101 33,871,948 109,195,054
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research4 2,317,949 18,911,167
Mathematical Biology34 17,612,961 76,660,130
Mathematical Physics46 13,424,844 65,666,188
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)97 103,803,617 198,064,676
Microelectronics Design50 21,978,259 81,880,874
Microelectronics Device Technology77 29,047,979 99,191,276
Microsystems37 11,652,534 48,085,253
Mobile Computing1 53,557 535,566
Music and Acoustic Technology16 9,526,587 25,425,529
Natural Language Processing34 18,756,218 73,456,415
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438 849,520
Non-Linear Systems35 6,933,714 55,266,554
Nuclear Fission34 48,455,931 55,264,888
Number Theory22 9,636,331 48,263,570
Numerical Analysis55 28,762,624 94,710,008
Operational Research45 31,972,940 145,354,332
Optical Communications24 25,204,753 72,661,406
Optical Devices and Subsystems66 42,040,889 108,388,823
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits82 63,195,595 160,319,166
Out of EPSRC Remit39 55,872,709 83,438,425
Particle Physics6 1,268,660 2,574,852
Particle Technology33 18,497,240 75,400,046
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems68 44,082,691 104,416,540
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing44 26,941,364 117,439,246
Photonic Materials71 61,423,321 172,891,201
Plasma and Lasers33 34,155,196 40,734,617
Polymer Materials89 36,874,163 152,285,963
Process Systems: Components and Integration82 84,994,248 255,729,990
Programming Languages and Compilers46 14,267,989 60,752,713
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems153 325,170,908 391,746,669
Quantum Fluids and Solids10 4,842,118 8,174,438
Quantum Optics and Information57 23,044,421 64,320,202
Resource Efficiency1 532,269 2,661,343
RF & Microwave Devices34 14,964,375 41,943,979
RF & MW Communications50 36,582,595 99,525,873
Robotics72 62,320,621 186,280,474
Sensors and Instrumentation121 64,714,066 191,980,416
Software Engineering119 44,658,397 161,559,949
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology48 37,636,133 54,598,208
Speech Technology12 4,997,181 17,653,525
Spintronics38 19,181,666 63,604,790
Statistics and Applied Probability94 85,245,738 221,126,611
Structural Engineering36 26,563,318 60,858,487
Superconductivity32 15,876,473 35,146,284
Surface Science30 10,890,765 37,259,558
Synthetic Biology45 45,904,001 99,520,265
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry50 22,182,683 65,324,189
Synthetic Organic Chemistry63 47,164,175 131,321,219
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry32 10,532,169 46,446,141
Theoretical Computer Science83 31,489,519 94,281,653
Transportation Operations and Management2 741,439 1,114,297
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness71 30,354,272 106,726,005
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses21 9,208,774 25,649,977
Water Engineering21 33,251,413 43,815,448
Whole Energy Systems25 34,230,108 67,926,214
Wind Power28 30,193,807 65,085,889