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	514	332,932,899
Information and Communication Technologies	486	341,469,490
Mathematical Sciences	455	217,457,312
Physical Sciences	771	581,418,589
Research Infrastructure	464	293,193,896

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	98	77,766,529
Energy	284	295,881,406
Global Uncertainties	70	34,675,915
Healthcare Technologies	309	277,778,533
Living with Environmental Change	12	8,690,815
Manufacturing the Future	270	339,938,595
Quantum Technologies	28	151,619,794

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 (£)
	126	146,322,934