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EPSRC Support By Research Topic
A classification scheme has been developed by the Research Councils which covers all of their remits. The complete list of research topics is shown, but there will be topics that are outside EPSRC's remit. To navigate through the 400 research topics, you can use the initial filter.

We classify grants using one or more research topics. Value is the total value of the grants awarded, not the proportion assigned to different research topics, so it does not show the level of investment in different research areas.

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Research TopicNumber of GrantsValue (£)
Accelerator R&D1 5,492,189
Acoustics10 20,432,038
Aerodynamics80 59,929,116
Agricultural systems1 3,897,947
Algebra & Geometry151 98,189,325
Analytical Science152 247,641,576
Artificial Intelligence315 555,461,389
Assess/Remediate Contamination1 378,287
Astron. & Space Sci. Technol.3 6,591,748
Asymmetric Chemistry6 12,868,408
Atmospheric Kinetics1 6,845,553
Atoms & Ions9 9,990,150
B Physics/Flavour Physics1 5,492,189
Biochemical engineering6 24,290,913
Biochemistry & physiology4 7,728,428
Bioelectronic Devices15 21,880,508
Bioenergy7 38,418,376
Bioinformatics6 6,961,980
Biological & Medicinal Chem.44 84,645,526
Biomaterials84 148,336,465
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation47 60,790,840
Biomedical neuroscience11 17,971,229
Biomedical sciences9 19,471,562
Bionanoscience2 8,436,222
Bionanotechnology3 1,454,081
Biophysics81 95,542,251
Bioprocess Engineering8 28,830,470
Building Ops & Management21 27,175,035
Carbon Capture & Storage16 57,312,155
Cartography and GIS1 6,745,691
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis154 251,337,487
Catalysis & enzymology6 15,226,154
Cells1 199,738
Chemical Biology78 122,690,712
Chemical Structure20 41,387,402
Chemical Synthetic Methodology113 166,660,401
Civil Engineering Materials14 18,895,843
Coastal & Waterway Engineering12 20,956,523
Cognitive Psychology5 3,096,453
Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT2 3,818,682
Cold Atomic Species20 27,014,984
Combustion21 30,258,054
Common Law inc. Commercial Law1 2,671,812
Complex fluids & soft solids58 82,924,051
Complexity Science3 8,383,178
Composition1 6,285,934
Computational Linguistics32 37,221,112
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.29 51,877,976
Computer Sys. & Architecture41 68,003,138
Condensed Matter Physics139 171,387,208
Construction Ops & Management12 21,365,264
Continuum Mechanics83 101,185,677
Control Engineering47 81,609,026
Co-ordination Chemistry54 55,522,460
Cosmology4 6,796,598
Criminology2 7,860,560
Data Handling & Storage1 5,492,189
Design & Testing Technology64 89,441,961
Design Engineering48 106,617,971
Design of Process systems51 132,014,223
Design Processes3 3,553,478
Development (Biosciences)2 600,951
Digital Signal Processing42 68,199,676
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Displays1 4,493,487
Drug Formulation & Delivery45 63,012,908
Earth Engineering5 9,881,466
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Electric Motor & Drive Systems20 57,174,942
Electrochemical Science & Eng.52 77,639,367
Electronic Devices & Subsys.98 113,077,496
Energy - Conventional5 7,951,248
Energy - Marine & Hydropower34 64,197,380
Energy - Nuclear85 135,582,855
Energy Efficiency85 177,899,285
Energy Storage91 251,791,810
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology35 67,096,053
Environment & Health4 1,615,940
Environmental biotechnology1 1,020,945
Environmental Informatics1 50,000
Ethics6 22,068,757
Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol.4 11,827,017
Finance and Accounting1 2,044,217
Fluid Dynamics104 85,452,805
Food processing1 3,897,947
Food structure/composition1 956,055
Fuel Cell Technologies11 24,881,059
Fundamentals of Computing169 144,716,281
Fusion9 90,213,755
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions32 62,613,809
Genomics1 3,581,670
Governance1 710,089
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering36 41,281,510
Heat & Mass Transfer11 11,050,390
High Performance Computing16 7,348,165
Human Communication in ICT21 26,431,708
Human-Computer Interactions130 216,728,725
Image & Vision Computing87 118,557,809
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt101 176,255,065
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.131 175,556,498
Intelligent & Expert Systems5 10,168,316
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,065,756
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics14 16,183,453
Lattice QCD2 6,105,798
Light-Matter Interactions34 38,821,603
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics63 59,430,383
Macro-molecular delivery3 33,434,183
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena91 88,992,588
Manufact. Business Strategy13 32,301,059
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt66 214,655,339
Manufacturing Machine & Plant207 409,097,185
Materials Characterisation349 459,641,534
Materials Processing72 178,358,186
Materials Synthesis & Growth260 387,407,705
Materials testing & eng.70 112,526,801
Mathematical & Statistic Psych1 1,080,646
Mathematical Analysis154 121,040,195
Mathematical Aspects of OR32 66,382,556
Mathematical Physics62 54,361,454
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.151 237,103,227
Medical Imaging86 99,898,873
Medical science & disease23 39,344,780
Mental Health3 1,704,727
Metabolic engineering2 1,118,194
Microbiology4 7,897,623
Microorganisms1 352,996
Microsystems48 37,202,043
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing31 48,196,800
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.2 6,548,981
Multiphase Flow6 17,194,890
Music & Acoustic Technology20 22,706,770
Musicology1 6,285,934
Networks & Distributed Systems100 139,985,570
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms6 5,613,215
Non-linear Systems Mathematics68 69,652,337
Novel industrial products1 132,343
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis82 101,336,643
Oil & Gas Extraction4 6,048,888
Operations Management3 9,343,299
Optical Communications31 72,526,940
Optical Devices & Subsystems82 150,362,260
Optical Phenomena6 12,541,616
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits77 175,751,134
Organisational Studies1 362,646
Parallel Computing19 22,309,327
Particle Technology49 91,447,780
Pavement Engineering2 856,693
Physical Organic Chemistry33 44,775,085
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion18 20,846,615
Plasmas - Technological7 10,865,251
Political Geography1 3,472,713
Power Electronics13 11,050,902
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control1 840,201
Product Design1 4,436,877
Protein chemistry3 8,047,441
Protein engineering5 14,953,156
Psychology4 11,879,230
Quantum Fluids & Solids8 10,190,552
Quantum Optics & Information67 94,262,057
Reactor Engineering31 46,749,378
Research approaches2 1,508,848
RF & Microwave Technology78 81,447,659
Rheology13 8,652,076
Robotics & Autonomy71 154,044,968
Separation Processes7 17,204,369
Social Policy2 20,632,247
Social Psychology5 2,600,945
Socio Legal Studies4 5,901,786
Sociology2 3,773,767
Software Engineering134 138,911,652
Soil science6 3,743,434
Solar Technology64 65,971,469
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability137 198,024,999
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 7,033,778
Structural Engineering51 70,369,557
Surfaces & Interfaces45 52,121,166
Survey & Monitoring4 6,910,955
Sustainable Energy Networks65 98,773,564
Sustainable Energy Vectors64 100,770,290
Synthetic biology81 101,428,888
Systems neuroscience2 2,279,122
Technol. for Environ. Appl.1 50,000
Technology and method dev1 1,084,544
The Standard Model5 698,206
Theoretical biology2 5,115,851
Tissue engineering53 72,318,049
Tools for the biosciences3 10,769,349
Transport Ops & Management22 45,130,292
Underwater Engineering1 5,784,697
Urban & Land Management23 53,939,827
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.22 16,652,822
VLSI Design1 1,765,760
Waste Management9 10,091,327
Waste Minimisation8 20,382,868
Water Engineering26 45,408,433
Wind Power32 53,591,628