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	479	328,615,997
Information and Communication Technologies	468	347,996,629
Mathematical Sciences	568	247,691,746
Physical Sciences	700	541,364,652
Research Infrastructure	351	145,117,273

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	77	72,151,208
Energy	298	308,169,840
Global Uncertainties	56	27,271,195
Healthcare Technologies	302	286,230,857
Living with Environmental Change	7	5,617,495
Manufacturing the Future	248	343,776,900
Quantum Technologies	63	170,683,560

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	59,082,751