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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 (£)
Algebra78 17,796,797 65,046,894
Analytical Science162 67,406,620 231,742,698
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781 10,133,376
Architecture and Operating Systems90 28,791,110 103,724,714
Artificial Intelligence Technologies308 224,658,109 575,773,713
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics54 40,901,732 85,177,804
Bioenergy13 17,595,235 45,571,481
Biological Informatics24 8,092,134 38,674,440
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering90 68,408,420 176,005,327
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics114 54,476,914 147,446,017
Built Environment21 15,447,659 31,255,226
Carbon Capture and Storage17 23,990,880 59,064,842
Catalysis159 84,595,812 258,648,897
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry121 62,110,979 202,130,811
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms67 42,766,493 148,387,615
Chemical Structure18 15,282,214 38,059,685
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)166 110,862,162 256,025,681
Coastal and Waterway Engineering20 8,512,781 23,971,398
Cold Atoms and Molecules15 8,282,219 13,007,691
Combustion Engineering20 9,471,501 27,188,827
Complex Fluids & Rheology41 19,343,161 56,766,680
Complexity Science2 1,886,186 7,625,533
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry84 33,519,935 134,239,284
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure84 28,889,660 118,244,415
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials88 30,119,703 95,769,059
Continuum Mechanics51 11,385,253 59,761,051
Control Engineering59 27,600,577 111,884,476
Databases21 8,124,571 25,502,784
Digital Signal Processing38 14,763,928 61,087,688
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics27 25,751,082 57,512,891
Electrochemical Sciences58 13,051,031 78,452,232
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)77 96,953,897 163,114,397
Energy Networks35 30,817,386 64,574,245
Energy Storage72 45,874,150 110,564,082
Engineering Design54 38,823,430 116,915,967
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics136 60,061,876 108,492,832
Fossil fuel power generation1 1,411,155 3,527,887
Fuel Cell Technology7 4,401,216 18,188,594
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics140 60,155,829 178,985,991
Geometry & Topology97 29,482,805 88,268,213
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology44 15,587,004 69,697,643
Graphics and Visualisation25 13,985,041 50,541,140
Ground Engineering45 18,525,119 40,818,171
Human Communication in ICT19 12,028,379 45,280,818
Human-Computer Interaction126 77,274,080 240,959,011
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors56 53,246,191 98,303,031
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems95 34,683,268 152,494,646
Image and Vision Computing68 26,607,252 97,887,212
Information Systems86 50,481,548 180,188,680
Infrastructure and Urban Systems42 38,215,333 75,350,980
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena41 9,848,705 34,636,659
Logic and Combinatorics62 13,792,629 61,194,262
Manufacturing Technologies254 236,018,250 541,589,416
Marine Wave and Tidal30 31,246,896 59,177,257
Materials Engineering - Ceramics30 14,322,478 52,134,898
Materials Engineering - Composites84 51,592,780 146,844,849
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys61 47,477,656 123,662,684
Materials For Energy Applications111 40,363,449 165,653,647
Mathematical Analysis121 34,472,143 103,955,707
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research3 154,234 1,003,482
Mathematical Biology43 17,911,402 69,597,404
Mathematical Physics51 11,573,700 54,161,557
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)107 101,473,290 193,264,114
Microelectronics Design59 22,651,556 88,727,175
Microelectronics Device Technology89 31,987,139 106,687,350
Microsystems46 10,368,834 47,377,860
Music and Acoustic Technology20 9,513,532 22,943,137
Natural Language Processing45 18,845,344 81,599,346
Non CMOS Device Technology1 219,768 313,954
Non-Linear Systems40 8,751,138 57,933,981
Nuclear Fission52 76,438,171 82,603,477
Number Theory32 10,889,506 47,228,226
Numerical Analysis66 24,794,272 81,293,773
Operational research56 35,307,709 163,193,535
Optical Communications29 20,820,995 62,785,468
Optical Devices and Subsystems78 50,609,358 127,185,012
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits95 73,371,834 176,936,781
Out of EPSRC Remit45 59,657,991 88,966,426
Particle Physics6 1,268,660 2,574,852
Particle Technology44 15,953,322 77,042,793
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems68 42,456,314 117,853,397
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing46 26,106,528 100,124,380
Photonic Materials88 48,687,434 153,801,867
Plasma and Lasers34 27,508,187 34,751,332
Polymer Materials105 44,830,569 170,361,236
Process Systems: Components and Integration88 66,522,685 227,080,748
Programming Languages and Compilers55 19,231,425 73,139,739
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems144 189,215,604 228,225,332
Quantum Fluids and Solids9 4,618,373 10,646,337
Quantum Optics and Information58 24,399,283 68,741,969
Resource Efficiency1 522,269 2,611,343
RF & Microwave Devices47 19,944,394 53,424,706
RF & MW Communications54 22,063,435 64,103,620
Robotics78 60,257,519 157,080,207
Sensors and Instrumentation139 58,497,066 169,562,691
Software Engineering125 40,015,360 136,095,564
Solar System and Space Science1 592,093 592,093
Solar Technology55 44,002,306 62,798,262
Speech Technology13 5,246,274 19,006,159
Spintronics51 20,617,353 71,773,399
Statistics and Applied Probability102 65,157,678 152,838,476
Structural Engineering42 28,528,985 61,117,235
Superconductivity32 8,592,817 30,992,992
Surface Science48 15,878,131 55,199,710
Synthetic Biology52 44,547,219 105,269,810
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry56 21,169,628 61,733,955
Synthetic Organic Chemistry76 49,857,287 142,738,566
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry40 12,339,949 55,072,038
Theoretical Computer Science102 37,842,031 108,741,440
Transportation Operations and Management1 559,287 932,145
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 77,400,000 77,400,000
Verification and Correctness89 31,760,356 99,629,328
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses21 4,807,797 16,101,252
Water Engineering20 25,376,410 34,923,473
Whole Energy Systems34 37,869,916 80,444,025
Wind Power26 20,115,184 47,448,862