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	494	361,007,995
Information and Communication Technologies	471	348,036,492
Mathematical Sciences	268	118,347,534
Physical Sciences	729	559,024,927
Research Infrastructure	514	325,536,246

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	109	88,235,654
Energy	261	313,955,457
Global Uncertainties	72	42,829,902
Healthcare Technologies	296	290,819,173
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	266	338,771,822
Quantum Technologies	37	139,599,146

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 (£)
	105	135,329,765