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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 5,713,721
Acoustics9 26,405,763
Aerodynamics57 70,451,774
Agricultural systems1 3,897,947
Algebra & Geometry115 116,013,909
Analytical Science123 186,545,375
Artificial Intelligence367 994,876,228
Astron. & Space Sci. Technol.2 13,540,919
Asymmetric Chemistry2 819,649
Atmospheric Kinetics1 7,091,268
Atoms & Ions8 9,136,429
B Physics/Flavour Physics1 5,713,721
Biochemical engineering12 24,408,845
Biochemistry & physiology2 7,124,649
Bioelectronic Devices15 29,375,123
Bioenergy9 20,713,957
Bioinformatics6 11,066,476
Biological & Medicinal Chem.42 90,388,870
Biomaterials65 108,897,986
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation42 65,777,455
Biomedical neuroscience9 13,974,196
Biomedical sciences14 31,382,167
Bionanoscience1 7,289,676
Bionanotechnology2 1,741,907
Biophysics66 84,202,750
Bioprocess Engineering10 54,210,553
Bioreactors1 1,048,273
Building Ops & Management11 14,202,217
Carbon Capture & Storage18 67,767,382
Cartography and GIS1 6,989,842
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis131 247,234,545
Catalysis & enzymology5 21,183,785
Chemical Biology66 124,422,546
Chemical Structure13 35,710,578
Chemical Synthetic Methodology77 145,012,731
Civil Engineering Materials8 22,498,204
Coastal & Waterway Engineering20 20,468,783
Cognitive Psychology3 2,373,888
Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT2 3,818,682
Cold Atomic Species12 20,322,551
Combustion18 38,086,026
Complex fluids & soft solids45 75,227,305
Complexity Science1 3,913,751
Composition1 6,532,299
Computational Linguistics25 33,765,192
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.21 57,580,804
Computer Sys. & Architecture45 71,830,793
Condensed Matter Physics107 158,252,939
Construction Ops & Management3 11,591,664
Continuum Mechanics53 89,359,137
Control Engineering45 91,594,990
Co-ordination Chemistry48 54,554,014
Cosmology4 7,018,130
Criminology2 1,644,599
Data Handling & Storage1 5,713,721
Design & Testing Technology65 125,775,757
Design Engineering28 88,757,690
Design HTP1 13,009,617
Design of Process systems49 143,626,101
Design Processes3 3,606,144
Development (Biosciences)1 1,255,304
Digital Signal Processing37 68,339,687
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Drug Formulation & Delivery46 87,219,349
Earth Engineering6 10,815,598
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Economics1 30,711,963
Ecosystem Scale Processes1 5,244,818
Electric Motor & Drive Systems16 53,017,452
Electrochemical Science & Eng.46 75,475,959
Electronic Devices & Subsys.100 130,973,173
Energy - Conventional4 25,875,494
Energy - Marine & Hydropower33 73,206,394
Energy - Nuclear37 56,596,283
Energy Efficiency69 185,628,145
Energy Storage71 109,230,775
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology19 26,808,777
Environment2 12,487,203
Environment & Health8 13,972,762
Environmental biotechnology1 162,134
Environmental Planning1 8,846,359
Ethics4 10,091,832
Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol.4 12,270,081
Finance and Accounting1 2,044,217
Fluid Dynamics76 65,669,868
Food processing2 16,200,057
Food structure/composition1 1,698,037
Fuel Cell Technologies9 24,830,086
Fundamentals of Computing159 154,948,810
Fusion11 93,170,086
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions23 49,800,189
Gene therapy1 2,100,849
Genomics1 1,255,304
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering36 32,345,437
Heat & Mass Transfer8 6,584,031
High Performance Computing19 21,526,120
Human Communication in ICT23 65,332,866
Human Resource Management1 691,374
Human-Computer Interactions106 287,893,585
Image & Vision Computing72 107,618,369
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt73 140,679,435
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.117 182,588,931
Intelligent & Expert Systems3 7,737,537
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,336,082
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics16 11,112,858
Lattice QCD2 6,327,330
Leadership1 691,374
Light-Matter Interactions22 19,867,107
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics50 61,296,819
Macro-molecular delivery1 10,851,090
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena58 70,891,066
Manufact. Business Strategy12 23,764,139
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt32 125,414,886
Manufacturing Machine & Plant177 404,441,695
Materials Characterisation277 412,532,740
Materials Processing69 142,502,248
Materials Synthesis & Growth193 335,252,423
Materials testing & eng.73 102,003,474
Mathematical Analysis109 118,557,007
Mathematical Aspects of OR32 87,862,148
Mathematical Physics47 67,015,369
Mech. & Fluid Power Transmiss.1 429,038
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.129 293,987,841
Medical Imaging84 121,905,558
Medical science & disease22 44,770,309
Mental Health3 1,640,133
Metabolic engineering1 870,445
Microbiology4 7,897,623
Microsystems49 44,487,835
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing34 75,311,499
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.8 30,126,178
Multiphase Flow5 14,019,914
Music & Acoustic Technology17 26,577,835
Musicology1 6,532,299
Networks & Distributed Systems87 219,528,858
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms7 14,077,124
New Media/Web-Based Studies1 13,009,617
Non-linear Systems Mathematics41 62,683,889
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis62 100,378,144
Oil & Gas Extraction2 6,774,744
Operations Management4 9,475,349
Optical Communications27 75,238,540
Optical Devices & Subsystems74 119,335,957
Optical Phenomena12 15,854,301
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits87 169,480,105
Parallel Computing14 12,852,842
Particle Technology45 89,417,322
Pavement Engineering2 856,693
Physical Organic Chemistry24 51,537,278
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion17 23,192,075
Plasmas - Technological5 6,687,199
Political Geography1 3,474,398
Power Electronics9 6,628,340
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control2 1,232,704
Product Design1 4,436,877
Properties Of Earth Materials1 934,132
Protein chemistry5 6,929,473
Protein engineering3 3,679,490
Psychology2 5,193,515
Quantum Field Theory1 850,510
Quantum Fluids & Solids10 8,174,438
Quantum Optics & Information74 83,796,104
Reactor Engineering23 42,920,016
Research approaches2 6,371,631
RF & Microwave Technology68 105,537,343
Rheology4 7,073,470
Robotics & Autonomy71 170,443,763
Safety & Reliability of Plant1 6,864,992
Science & Technology Studies2 30,786,333
Science and Technology Studies2 22,610,481
Separation Processes6 18,847,629
Social Policy3 21,770,794
Social Psychology3 1,878,380
Socio Legal Studies4 36,265,310
Sociology1 3,063,678
Software Engineering112 156,217,722
Soil science5 4,023,309
Solar Technology47 51,288,657
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability107 248,694,347
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 1,958,337
Structural Engineering41 65,778,862
Surfaces & Interfaces39 43,800,558
Survey & Monitoring1 1,207,271
Sustainability Management1 1,460,497
Sustainable Energy Networks60 131,184,692
Sustainable Energy Vectors61 153,535,579
Synthetic biology77 127,067,164
Systems neuroscience2 1,655,001
The Standard Model5 698,206
Theoretical biology1 1,217,160
Tissue engineering47 78,454,574
Tools for the biosciences5 18,251,273
Transport Ops & Management11 27,456,302
Urban & Land Management19 45,330,587
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.22 27,750,898
Waste Management10 12,154,647
Waste Minimisation8 20,547,821
Water Engineering16 41,245,493
Water Quality1 165,201
Wind Power28 65,908,809