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	489	337,760,229
Information and Communication Technologies	484	346,803,011
Mathematical Sciences	573	251,854,591
Physical Sciences	721	552,435,700
Research Infrastructure	371	174,872,340

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	90	80,856,021
Energy	307	312,951,465
Global Uncertainties	61	31,378,930
Healthcare Technologies	309	291,010,263
Living with Environmental Change	10	7,473,044
Manufacturing the Future	258	350,432,508
Quantum Technologies	64	178,131,898

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 (£)
	189	229,344,331