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	507	341,083,746
Information and Communication Technologies	483	337,626,590
Mathematical Sciences	546	241,866,101
Physical Sciences	682	539,568,966
Research Infrastructure	380	168,625,680

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	65	63,826,341
Energy	279	293,326,632
Global Uncertainties	48	25,342,615
Healthcare Technologies	290	274,293,876
Living with Environmental Change	6	4,115,417
Manufacturing the Future	225	331,718,491
Quantum Technologies	61	164,466,667

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 (£)
	114	59,425,248