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	513	376,526,214
Information and Communication Technologies	474	347,507,525
Mathematical Sciences	233	105,423,982
Physical Sciences	736	541,352,398
Research Infrastructure	388	252,287,696

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	117	87,154,069
Energy	285	336,023,388
Global Uncertainties	73	42,855,229
Healthcare Technologies	318	283,239,733
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	278	359,271,504
Quantum Technologies	58	271,716,111

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 (£)
	79	73,807,904