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	498	349,555,585
Information and Communication Technologies	477	350,518,037
Mathematical Sciences	271	119,722,220
Physical Sciences	738	555,870,074
Research Infrastructure	448	289,329,314

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	112	90,688,915
Energy	262	312,411,660
Global Uncertainties	76	43,956,433
Healthcare Technologies	301	291,274,583
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	270	342,025,550
Quantum Technologies	40	143,068,256

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 (£)
	109	115,529,764