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EPSRC Support By Industrial Sector

EPSRC classifies the research it supports by industrial relevance/sector. A list of industrial sectors and their meanings are available.

Please note that the assignment of a sector to a grant indicates that the sector may apply in whole or in part to the research activity of that grant. This means that the values of grants within a classification should not be totalled to find the total investment in that area or to compare investment between areas of research. The value shown for each grant is always the total awarded, not the proportion attributed to the individual industrial sector.
Industrial SectorNumber of GrantsValue (£)
Aerospace, Defence and Marine193 575,144,096
Chemicals126 365,007,812
Communications110 336,014,607
Construction55 170,893,106
Creative Industries30 136,620,964
Education11 64,749,698
Electronics152 264,851,696
Energy408 972,542,707
Environment111 271,441,538
Financial Services31 141,280,391
Food and Drink26 90,118,778
Healthcare424 945,806,677
Information Technologies461 997,456,019
Manufacturing322 777,099,071
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors1,072 862,929,894
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology157 525,079,785
R&D128 243,394,709
Retail10 55,733,014
Sports and Recreation4 5,125,121
Technical Consultancy15 54,639,567
Transport Systems and Vehicles84 344,821,057
Water37 115,886,890