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	505	368,554,644
Information and Communication Technologies	477	352,373,023
Mathematical Sciences	242	106,545,491
Physical Sciences	721	536,230,466
Research Infrastructure	374	252,524,174

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	128	96,908,080
Energy	287	333,136,465
Global Uncertainties	72	41,650,944
Healthcare Technologies	315	281,877,551
Living with Environmental Change	17	13,617,966
Manufacturing the Future	277	361,621,562
Quantum Technologies	59	271,904,407

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