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	432	307,853,230
Information and Communication Technologies	453	360,974,044
Mathematical Sciences	390	226,144,790
Physical Sciences	532	489,068,208
Research Infrastructure	212	129,068,851

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	47	54,728,107
Energy	168	181,254,258
Global Uncertainties	14	9,622,309
Healthcare Technologies	214	255,738,253
Living with Environmental Change	2	1,146,393
Manufacturing the Future	130	209,319,747
Quantum Technologies	68	167,329,026

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 (£)
	103	62,621,304