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EPSRC Support by Research Areas in Theme (Physical Sciences)

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 Science95 31,044,734
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781
Architecture and Operating Systems2 944,510
Artificial Intelligence Technologies5 2,213,522
Bioenergy1 310,172
Biological Informatics1 96,557
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering13 5,378,211
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics69 27,417,282
Carbon Capture and Storage1 234,681
Catalysis123 51,173,214
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry59 21,100,160
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms44 32,221,016
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)7 5,415,797
Cold Atoms and Molecules18 8,744,176
Combustion Engineering4 1,268,042
Complex Fluids & Rheology3 600,885
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry55 22,887,421
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure66 23,013,297
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials73 24,737,239
Continuum Mechanics1 67,150
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics1 373,213
Electrochemical Sciences30 7,033,517
Energy Storage10 3,265,923
Engineering Design4 1,747,061
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics5 1,511,239
Fuel Cell Technology3 1,255,169
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics103 37,780,828
Geometry & Topology1 36,230
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology24 5,995,019
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors2 511,455
Image and Vision Computing6 432,200
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena34 8,376,075
Logic and Combinatorics1 36,230
Manufacturing Technologies21 7,440,746
Materials Engineering - Ceramics8 250,695
Materials Engineering - Composites20 2,751,064
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys5 256,200
Materials For Energy Applications70 26,415,699
Mathematical Physics2 163,005
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)7 4,168,848
Microelectronics Design8 2,438,707
Microelectronics Device Technology27 7,843,829
Microsystems8 3,585,108
Non-Linear Systems1 2,062,140
Nuclear Fission1 323,564
Numerical Analysis3 408,053
Optical Communications6 1,827,905
Optical Devices and Subsystems17 4,657,646
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits16 3,550,992
Out of EPSRC Remit6 390,444
Particle Physics1 919,557
Particle Technology15 2,740,497
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems8 4,932,382
Photonic Materials68 32,423,628
Plasma and Lasers19 10,554,626
Polymer Materials59 16,486,746
Process Systems: Components and Integration19 6,948,092
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems10 1,286,965
Quantum Fluids and Solids6 3,695,349
Quantum Optics and Information38 18,821,711
RF & Microwave Devices6 653,923
RF & MW Communications3 575,264
Robotics1 434,969
Sensors and Instrumentation22 4,501,825
Solar Technology10 2,032,251
Spintronics45 19,187,995
Superconductivity31 7,687,431
Surface Science35 11,925,155
Synthetic Biology10 2,927,597
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry53 17,895,308
Synthetic Organic Chemistry62 20,254,464
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry37 14,231,519