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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
Acoustics9 20,060,707
Aerodynamics80 59,929,116
Agricultural systems1 3,897,947
Algebra & Geometry146 97,719,945
Analytical Science143 233,597,703
Artificial Intelligence314 560,885,435
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 engineering7 25,491,464
Biochemistry & physiology3 7,386,371
Bioelectronic Devices15 21,880,508
Bioenergy6 37,391,744
Bioinformatics5 3,380,310
Biological & Medicinal Chem.42 80,577,597
Biomaterials85 148,643,284
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation46 61,934,436
Biomedical neuroscience11 17,971,229
Biomedical sciences9 19,471,562
Bionanoscience2 8,436,222
Bionanotechnology2 1,154,109
Biophysics79 92,019,780
Bioprocess Engineering10 53,428,476
Building Ops & Management16 21,641,587
Carbon Capture & Storage16 57,312,155
Cartography and GIS1 6,745,691
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis149 248,303,082
Catalysis & enzymology6 15,226,154
Cells1 199,738
Chemical Biology75 118,770,118
Chemical Structure20 41,387,402
Chemical Synthetic Methodology113 173,003,364
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 Species18 25,144,451
Combustion20 29,810,041
Common Law inc. Commercial Law1 2,671,812
Complex fluids & soft solids56 80,925,176
Complexity Science3 8,383,178
Composition1 6,285,934
Computational Linguistics32 37,221,112
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.28 51,576,546
Computer Sys. & Architecture47 71,716,415
Condensed Matter Physics135 169,100,312
Construction Ops & Management11 18,215,734
Continuum Mechanics82 100,983,763
Control Engineering45 80,831,084
Co-ordination Chemistry54 55,676,250
Cosmology4 6,796,598
Criminology2 7,860,560
Data Handling & Storage1 5,492,189
Design & Testing Technology60 83,116,589
Design Engineering44 96,957,738
Design of Process systems52 150,898,426
Design Processes3 3,553,478
Development (Biosciences)2 1,501,531
Digital Signal Processing38 63,521,327
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Drug Formulation & Delivery48 86,859,259
Earth Engineering5 9,881,466
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Electric Motor & Drive Systems17 47,921,985
Electrochemical Science & Eng.50 74,216,129
Electronic Devices & Subsys.99 113,532,113
Energy - Conventional5 7,951,248
Energy - Marine & Hydropower33 56,834,337
Energy - Nuclear71 112,687,315
Energy Efficiency82 173,586,047
Energy Storage91 249,487,552
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology34 60,952,438
Environment & Health5 4,974,274
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 Dynamics102 84,665,892
Food processing2 16,200,057
Food structure/composition1 956,055
Fuel Cell Technologies11 24,881,059
Fundamentals of Computing187 153,146,443
Fusion9 90,213,755
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions32 62,613,809
Genomics1 1,200,551
Governance1 710,089
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering37 42,165,334
Heat & Mass Transfer8 4,363,340
High Performance Computing20 7,848,396
Human Communication in ICT21 26,431,708
Human Resource Management1 691,374
Human-Computer Interactions131 226,043,466
Image & Vision Computing86 122,278,448
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt103 179,317,216
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.130 171,704,953
Intelligent & Expert Systems5 10,168,316
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,065,756
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics13 11,689,966
Lattice QCD2 6,105,798
Leadership1 691,374
Light-Matter Interactions34 38,821,603
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics58 58,709,980
Macro-molecular delivery3 33,434,183
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena87 86,826,647
Manufact. Business Strategy14 35,659,393
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt65 236,083,707
Manufacturing Machine & Plant203 430,055,412
Materials Characterisation344 456,419,365
Materials Processing70 173,635,211
Materials Synthesis & Growth264 397,241,756
Materials testing & eng.66 99,168,774
Mathematical & Statistic Psych1 1,080,646
Mathematical Analysis150 120,790,305
Mathematical Aspects of OR32 65,980,337
Mathematical Physics59 53,682,678
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.149 242,938,481
Medical Imaging87 100,740,613
Medical science & disease21 34,140,539
Mental Health3 1,704,727
Metabolic engineering2 1,118,194
Microbiology4 7,897,623
Microorganisms1 352,996
Microsystems48 37,732,213
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing33 57,812,972
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.5 8,244,229
Multiphase Flow5 16,707,464
Music & Acoustic Technology20 22,706,770
Musicology1 6,285,934
Networks & Distributed Systems107 148,310,002
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms8 6,538,315
Non-linear Systems Mathematics63 73,332,312
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis81 101,267,227
Oil & Gas Extraction3 5,561,462
Operations Management3 9,343,299
Optical Communications30 65,121,954
Optical Devices & Subsystems81 144,879,047
Optical Phenomena6 12,541,616
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits74 167,239,966
Organisational Studies1 362,646
Parallel Computing19 22,309,327
Particle Technology49 91,447,780
Pavement Engineering2 856,693
Physical Organic Chemistry31 51,115,319
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion19 26,988,545
Plasmas - Technological7 10,865,251
Political Geography1 3,472,713
Power Electronics12 8,403,419
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control1 840,201
Product Design1 4,436,877
Protein chemistry4 12,180,111
Protein engineering5 14,726,475
Psychology4 11,879,230
Quantum Fluids & Solids8 10,190,552
Quantum Optics & Information64 92,208,197
Reactor Engineering31 53,274,445
Research approaches2 1,508,848
RF & Microwave Technology75 78,074,979
Rheology13 8,652,076
Robotics & Autonomy73 157,878,670
Safety & Reliability of Plant1 6,864,992
Separation Processes5 16,194,058
Social Policy3 21,044,942
Social Psychology5 2,600,945
Socio Legal Studies4 5,901,786
Sociology2 3,773,767
Software Engineering144 144,666,326
Soil science6 3,743,434
Solar Technology65 68,134,737
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability131 196,215,796
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 7,033,778
Structural Engineering50 67,277,053
Surfaces & Interfaces44 51,918,917
Survey & Monitoring4 6,910,955
Sustainable Energy Networks64 102,552,643
Sustainable Energy Vectors61 98,546,058
Synthetic biology82 104,040,203
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 biology1 1,534,181
Tissue engineering55 75,666,453
Tools for the biosciences3 10,769,349
Transport Ops & Management19 36,893,159
Underwater Engineering1 5,784,697
Urban & Land Management22 50,790,297
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.21 16,303,086
VLSI Design1 1,765,760
Waste Management9 10,091,327
Waste Minimisation8 20,382,868
Water Engineering23 41,164,569
Wind Power32 51,946,988