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EPSRC Support by Research Areas in Theme (Research Infrastructure)

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 Science39 18,698,215
Antihydrogen3 2,429,442
Architecture and Operating Systems1 100,000
Artificial Intelligence Technologies7 3,932,225
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics3 3,126,870
Bioenergy1 310,172
Biological Informatics3 1,380,512
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering5 5,282,890
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics13 5,263,413
Carbon Capture and Storage1 234,681
Catalysis19 7,139,031
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry19 9,567,440
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms3 2,250,867
Chemical Structure5 7,241,155
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)14 21,832,479
Coastal and Waterway Engineering1 156,256
Cold Atoms and Molecules5 3,573,446
Complex Fluids & Rheology3 1,519,537
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry5 1,291,653
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure15 4,247,516
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials11 4,672,557
Continuum Mechanics1 344,424
Digital Signal Processing2 1,962,684
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics1 4,294,385
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)5 1,410,669
Energy Storage4 2,177,974
Engineering Design1 2,147,192
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics5 1,379,750
Fuel Cell Technology1 356,250
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics22 3,220,689
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology4 827,002
Ground Engineering2 1,764,664
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems2 2,578,512
Image and Vision Computing1 4,138,468
Information Systems1 122,722
Infrastructure and Urban Systems1 235,600
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena4 1,314,179
Manufacturing Technologies7 8,109,412
Materials Engineering - Ceramics8 373,997
Materials Engineering - Composites12 2,675,465
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys4 165,687
Materials For Energy Applications20 6,596,593
Mathematical Analysis1 239,167
Mathematical Physics3 347,088
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)15 17,878,955
Microelectronics Design3 3,913,234
Microelectronics Device Technology2 837,224
Microsystems1 1,125,004
Music and Acoustic Technology2 206,890
Natural Language Processing1 591,210
Numerical Analysis4 752,477
Operational Research1 2,170,218
Optical Communications2 3,472,452
Optical Devices and Subsystems6 4,659,917
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits2 1,240,915
Out of EPSRC Remit6 494,867
Particle Technology6 164,956
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems8 10,055,290
Photonic Materials7 9,594,546
Plasma and Lasers5 3,191,044
Polymer Materials13 4,892,694
Process Systems: Components and Integration1 2,712,772
Programming Languages and Compilers1 776,695
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems7 3,203,132
Quantum Fluids and Solids2 919,802
Quantum Optics and Information9 4,446,575
RF & Microwave Devices3 3,096,544
RF & MW Communications2 1,398,151
Robotics3 1,448,834
Sensors and Instrumentation6 4,218,540
Software Engineering14 3,126,607
Solar Technology8 5,541,154
Speech Technology1 55,667
Spintronics8 5,729,141
Statistics and Applied Probability2 777,140
Structural Engineering1 2,548,440
Superconductivity1 300,671
Surface Science5 3,104,508
Synthetic Biology1 1,813,821
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry4 2,030,243
Synthetic Organic Chemistry5 3,490,104
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry2 988,880
Water Engineering2 4,973,409