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	508	324,825,346
Information and Communication Technologies	482	337,102,365
Mathematical Sciences	463	220,269,325
Physical Sciences	784	585,955,636
Research Infrastructure	497	309,126,781

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	102	79,462,431
Energy	275	285,768,306
Global Uncertainties	72	36,700,572
Healthcare Technologies	309	276,852,675
Living with Environmental Change	12	8,690,815
Manufacturing the Future	268	335,198,646
Quantum Technologies	24	133,428,094

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 (£)
	127	145,197,740