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	489	349,633,146
Information and Communication Technologies	474	353,037,123
Mathematical Sciences	233	103,863,697
Physical Sciences	706	525,655,222
Research Infrastructure	445	293,747,183

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	116	87,290,205
Energy	256	311,389,732
Global Uncertainties	74	43,849,449
Healthcare Technologies	298	285,192,883
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	268	343,196,184
Quantum Technologies	44	146,805,354

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 (£)
	106	110,784,017