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	488	342,632,316
Information and Communication Technologies	461	334,490,666
Mathematical Sciences	224	99,112,733
Physical Sciences	707	523,239,395
Research Infrastructure	447	290,208,671

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	107	73,800,920
Energy	254	298,275,342
Global Uncertainties	65	41,104,912
Healthcare Technologies	295	268,054,632
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	263	346,280,992
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 (£)
	76	92,582,897