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	480	332,196,005
Information and Communication Technologies	469	328,477,864
Mathematical Sciences	525	244,165,626
Physical Sciences	628	517,909,486
Research Infrastructure	351	185,541,744

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	62	61,151,586
Energy	254	280,326,270
Global Uncertainties	43	17,654,021
Healthcare Technologies	264	271,946,917
Living with Environmental Change	5	3,392,414
Manufacturing the Future	199	319,549,212
Quantum Technologies	69	174,820,120

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	59,146,813