EPSRC Support By Theme

Capability Themes
EPSRC’s support for excellent, long-term disciplinary and multidisciplinary research, in engineering and the physical sciences.

Please Note: Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes is excluded from the table below.

National Capability Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Engineering	502	364,615,895
Information and Communication Technologies	464	344,118,588
Mathematical Sciences	230	100,006,888
Physical Sciences	713	530,459,363
Research Infrastructure	384	248,443,171

Challenge Themes
EPSRC’s support for research to help solve some of the most serious global, economic and societal challenges facing the UK.

The grants values listed below include Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes.

Challenge Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Digital Economy	115	80,173,185
Energy	275	313,891,836
Global Uncertainties	69	42,020,858
Healthcare Technologies	302	273,431,946
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	271	354,053,195
Quantum Technologies	53	246,091,402

Non Theme Specific Funding
Some types of funding (large training awards such as the Doctoral Training Accounts or Institutional type awards) cannot be easily and immediately (at the time of award) attributed to individual Capability or Challenge themes. However, to allow a fuller comparison of the funding portfolio by theme, the value and number of such awards, are reported in this table. Where possible, the funding listed in this table will be attributed to individual Capability and Challenge themes in due course.

Non Theme Specific	Number of Grants	Value (£)
	78	73,757,904