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	458	322,472,962
Information and Communication Technologies	511	361,754,948
Mathematical Sciences	474	241,949,400
Physical Sciences	585	502,750,805
Research Infrastructure	306	178,193,173

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	54	58,283,096
Energy	217	234,438,613
Global Uncertainties	20	13,002,571
Healthcare Technologies	230	274,676,019
Living with Environmental Change	4	2,439,483
Manufacturing the Future	157	254,021,818
Quantum Technologies	67	168,197,054

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 (£)
	104	62,726,629