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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 Science97 31,608,800
Antihydrogen8 9,674,781
Architecture and Operating Systems2 944,510
Artificial Intelligence Technologies4 1,895,568
Bioenergy1 310,172
Biological Informatics1 96,557
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering12 5,963,124
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics78 29,859,636
Carbon Capture and Storage1 234,681
Catalysis128 51,656,951
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry59 20,688,875
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms48 29,873,586
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)7 5,651,431
Cold Atoms and Molecules22 13,800,278
Combustion Engineering4 1,268,042
Complex Fluids & Rheology4 722,105
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry52 18,984,290
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure71 23,159,323
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials87 28,174,929
Continuum Mechanics1 67,150
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics1 373,213
Electrochemical Sciences27 7,077,347
Energy Storage12 3,567,740
Engineering Design4 1,747,061
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics5 1,511,239
Fuel Cell Technology3 1,255,169
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics113 40,110,254
Geometry & Topology1 36,230
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology26 6,202,160
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors2 511,455
Image and Vision Computing6 422,432
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena38 9,543,639
Logic and Combinatorics1 36,230
Manufacturing Technologies23 8,763,657
Materials Engineering - Ceramics8 250,695
Materials Engineering - Composites21 2,815,148
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys6 1,239,415
Materials For Energy Applications66 24,487,053
Mathematical Analysis1 36,517
Mathematical Physics4 258,944
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)7 4,168,848
Microelectronics Design8 2,438,707
Microelectronics Device Technology27 7,843,829
Microsystems7 2,870,939
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 Circuits15 3,453,335
Out of EPSRC Remit6 390,444
Particle Technology15 2,740,497
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems8 4,932,382
Photonic Materials63 28,382,528
Plasma and Lasers18 10,435,180
Polymer Materials54 13,954,760
Process Systems: Components and Integration20 8,121,320
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems6 1,237,264
Quantum Fluids and Solids7 3,755,226
Quantum Optics and Information41 25,633,330
RF & Microwave Devices7 1,585,993
RF & MW Communications3 575,264
Robotics1 434,969
Sensors and Instrumentation22 4,501,825
Solar Technology11 2,127,985
Spintronics49 20,261,797
Superconductivity32 7,784,670
Surface Science36 11,298,942
Synthetic Biology10 2,927,597
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry56 16,941,870
Synthetic Organic Chemistry72 22,845,098
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry39 14,532,085