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	561	468,478,333
Information and Communication Technologies	491	385,780,791
Mathematical Sciences	266	159,375,793
Physical Sciences	746	609,072,928
Research Infrastructure	362	261,398,587

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	122	126,674,465
Energy	305	356,782,169
Global Uncertainties	75	41,462,463
Healthcare Technologies	335	352,394,590
Living with Environmental Change	24	22,151,266
Manufacturing the Future	293	421,108,471
Quantum Technologies	91	202,620,167

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 (£)
	364	618,463,649