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	510	347,527,794
Information and Communication Technologies	493	342,675,047
Mathematical Sciences	408	204,350,883
Physical Sciences	784	555,767,109
Research Infrastructure	536	333,061,677

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	92	75,482,923
Energy	292	340,383,080
Global Uncertainties	75	44,471,266
Healthcare Technologies	302	286,580,883
Living with Environmental Change	16	13,248,894
Manufacturing the Future	269	332,421,104
Quantum Technologies	30	138,095,645

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 (£)
	129	146,492,137