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	525	385,639,945
Information and Communication Technologies	477	360,230,608
Mathematical Sciences	249	111,396,003
Physical Sciences	729	530,484,925
Research Infrastructure	371	258,511,483

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	134	102,318,991
Energy	301	307,422,971
Global Uncertainties	75	42,591,414
Healthcare Technologies	326	287,663,033
Living with Environmental Change	20	15,701,296
Manufacturing the Future	276	372,737,707
Quantum Technologies	60	185,312,575

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