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	486	327,572,607
Information and Communication Technologies	484	332,066,862
Mathematical Sciences	487	218,353,016
Physical Sciences	743	556,153,349
Research Infrastructure	440	243,204,833

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	89	71,163,337
Energy	272	292,748,588
Global Uncertainties	64	31,917,337
Healthcare Technologies	299	289,576,472
Living with Environmental Change	10	7,473,044
Manufacturing the Future	261	335,628,767
Quantum Technologies	27	153,988,039

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 (£)
	122	151,138,243