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	487	347,914,293
Information and Communication Technologies	472	351,182,949
Mathematical Sciences	229	102,372,477
Physical Sciences	716	533,856,903
Research Infrastructure	448	292,369,373

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	115	86,973,513
Energy	254	309,570,949
Global Uncertainties	77	44,714,747
Healthcare Technologies	299	292,824,766
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	269	341,757,412
Quantum Technologies	44	146,805,354

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 (£)
	108	115,479,764