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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 (£)
Analytical Science7 2,791,799
Architecture and Operating Systems32 8,806,320
Artificial Intelligence Technologies95 30,942,478
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics7 753,374
Biological Informatics11 1,362,240
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering5 121,227
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics2 416,774
Catalysis1 869,937
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry2 44,007
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)4 1,019,154
Combustion Engineering1 930,197
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry3 1,305,315
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure2 950,837
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4 638,014
Continuum Mechanics1 254,883
Control Engineering8 1,880,015
Databases10 1,954,003
Digital Signal Processing24 4,399,990
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics2 1,172,189
Electrochemical Sciences3 978,309
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)1 466,818
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics10 5,918,096
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology8 1,402,919
Graphics and Visualisation6 1,029,440
Ground Engineering2 764,235
Human Communication in ICT5 1,079,840
Human-Computer Interaction28 9,024,730
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems47 21,749,899
Image and Vision Computing29 10,898,952
Information Systems25 7,176,580
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena2 189,964
Logic and Combinatorics8 831,605
Manufacturing Technologies16 9,399,295
Materials Engineering - Ceramics2 721,548
Materials Engineering - Composites4 379,390
Materials For Energy Applications2 2,576,824
Mathematical Analysis2 785,050
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research1 52,278
Mathematical Biology1 615,128
Mathematical Physics1 47,705
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)3 962,490
Microelectronics Design39 12,970,389
Microelectronics Device Technology47 14,158,312
Microsystems8 2,201,628
Mobile Computing1 53,557
Music and Acoustic Technology11 4,507,788
Natural Language Processing15 4,537,156
Non CMOS Device Technology2 380,438
Non-Linear Systems2 747,396
Numerical Analysis2 1,262,133
Operational Research6 473,365
Optical Communications15 14,249,568
Optical Devices and Subsystems32 23,060,041
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits54 38,813,760
Out of EPSRC Remit5 537,054
Particle Technology1 1,976,669
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems5 2,778,733
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing14 2,799,477
Photonic Materials10 5,769,279
Programming Languages and Compilers22 6,537,162
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems24 10,550,828
Quantum Optics and Information8 1,378,489
RF & Microwave Devices25 9,892,557
RF & MW Communications36 12,992,402
Robotics16 8,239,266
Sensors and Instrumentation25 11,320,129
Software Engineering26 9,564,941
Speech Technology9 697,273
Spintronics2 1,922,557
Statistics and Applied Probability6 3,483,439
Structural Engineering1 3,796,080
Superconductivity1 98,935
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry1 1,110,644
Theoretical Computer Science50 20,869,741
Verification and Correctness31 9,790,248
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses16 5,701,020
Water Engineering1 386,522