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EPSRC Support by Research Areas in Theme (Information and Communication Technologies)

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 and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio in question is currently constituted.

Please note: this is a dynamic database reflecting the current grants portfolio by Research Area within a Theme. Therefore, the number and value of grants within a Research Area will not match exactly the thematic Research Area distributions given at EPSRC's portfolio.

Research AreaNumber of GrantsProportional Value (£)
Algebra1 284,711
Analytical Science8 2,837,397
Architecture and Operating Systems35 10,601,658
Artificial Intelligence Technologies102 31,841,186
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics7 753,374
Biological Informatics12 1,402,616
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering5 121,227
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics2 416,774
Catalysis1 869,937
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry3 350,655
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)7 2,088,642
Combustion Engineering1 930,197
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry2 878,894
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure4 1,469,939
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4 638,014
Continuum Mechanics1 254,883
Control Engineering7 1,735,625
Databases11 2,121,329
Digital Signal Processing27 4,591,445
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics2 1,172,189
Electrochemical Sciences3 978,309
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)1 466,818
Engineering Design1 327,408
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics15 6,420,171
Geometry & Topology1 1,708,266
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology8 1,402,919
Graphics and Visualisation9 2,021,595
Ground Engineering2 764,235
Human Communication in ICT5 713,651
Human-Computer Interaction34 10,009,061
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems53 22,320,521
Image and Vision Computing36 14,169,214
Information Systems26 5,771,651
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena3 267,187
Logic and Combinatorics8 868,901
Manufacturing Technologies10 3,826,542
Materials Engineering - Ceramics2 721,548
Materials Engineering - Composites5 439,654
Materials For Energy Applications2 2,576,824
Mathematical Analysis2 785,050
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research1 52,278
Mathematical Biology1 615,128
Mathematical Physics2 140,645
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)5 1,182,401
Microelectronics Design41 13,372,678
Microelectronics Device Technology54 15,669,071
Microsystems9 2,412,553
Mobile Computing1 53,557
Music and Acoustic Technology12 4,603,989
Natural Language Processing22 5,957,524
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438
Non-Linear Systems2 747,396
Numerical Analysis2 1,262,133
Operational Research6 473,365
Optical Communications20 15,390,257
Optical Devices and Subsystems40 24,726,221
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits60 40,600,290
Out of EPSRC Remit9 1,060,505
Particle Technology1 1,976,669
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems5 2,778,733
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing14 2,799,477
Photonic Materials18 7,868,881
Plasma and Lasers1 77,223
Programming Languages and Compilers23 6,701,750
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems24 10,248,178
Quantum Optics and Information9 1,414,488
RF & Microwave Devices28 9,728,766
RF & MW Communications38 13,043,620
Robotics17 7,738,306
Sensors and Instrumentation28 11,793,234
Software Engineering29 10,258,439
Speech Technology11 1,008,922
Spintronics2 1,922,557
Statistics and Applied Probability9 5,661,327
Structural Engineering1 3,796,080
Superconductivity1 98,935
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry1 1,110,644
Theoretical Computer Science55 21,968,863
Verification and Correctness36 10,721,722
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses17 5,862,540
Water Engineering1 386,522