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	493	344,383,274
Information and Communication Technologies	459	334,787,237
Mathematical Sciences	227	100,887,578
Physical Sciences	713	527,010,067
Research Infrastructure	442	289,550,612

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	108	74,286,207
Energy	257	299,122,230
Global Uncertainties	65	41,104,912
Healthcare Technologies	299	271,439,278
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	267	351,019,737
Quantum Technologies	52	210,686,609

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