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	465	325,395,786
Information and Communication Technologies	484	384,638,224
Mathematical Sciences	449	241,955,495
Physical Sciences	565	509,843,124
Research Infrastructure	273	176,719,960

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	52	58,125,694
Energy	185	198,608,929
Global Uncertainties	17	10,041,633
Healthcare Technologies	209	260,601,802
Living with Environmental Change	3	1,347,753
Manufacturing the Future	146	250,088,331
Quantum Technologies	72	169,026,454

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 (£)
	103	62,621,304