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	507	354,571,459
Information and Communication Technologies	483	335,671,414
Mathematical Sciences	385	181,676,950
Physical Sciences	815	582,047,413
Research Infrastructure	552	330,474,116

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	102	84,893,966
Energy	269	315,783,299
Global Uncertainties	72	42,293,723
Healthcare Technologies	305	293,238,720
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	269	339,438,081
Quantum Technologies	38	140,899,561

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 (£)
	100	139,080,250