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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
Aerodynamics77 58,832,209
Agricultural systems1 3,897,947
Algebra & Geometry138 103,365,045
Analytical Science146 233,655,793
Artificial Intelligence347 642,579,944
Astron. & Space Sci. Technol.3 6,591,748
Asymmetric Chemistry4 6,179,822
Atmospheric Kinetics1 6,845,553
Atoms & Ions9 9,990,150
B Physics/Flavour Physics1 5,492,189
Biochemical engineering11 27,903,147
Biochemistry & physiology2 7,124,649
Bioelectronic Devices16 22,034,586
Bioenergy13 43,716,235
Bioinformatics4 2,741,051
Biological & Medicinal Chem.42 80,347,213
Biomaterials80 130,969,573
Biomechanics & Rehabilitation46 60,399,990
Biomedical neuroscience9 13,419,991
Biomedical sciences9 19,471,562
Bionanoscience2 8,436,222
Bionanotechnology1 853,129
Biophysics76 92,922,454
Bioprocess Engineering12 55,056,913
Building Ops & Management15 20,557,831
Carbon Capture & Storage19 60,615,310
Cartography and GIS1 6,745,691
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis152 247,496,148
Catalysis & enzymology6 15,226,154
Cells1 199,738
Chemical Biology73 115,331,747
Chemical Structure20 41,387,402
Chemical Synthetic Methodology103 162,261,481
Civil Engineering Materials10 17,402,263
Coastal & Waterway Engineering19 22,766,693
Cognitive Psychology5 3,096,453
Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT2 3,818,682
Cold Atomic Species16 14,654,990
Combustion19 29,467,100
Common Law inc. Commercial Law1 2,671,812
Complex fluids & soft solids60 82,564,334
Complexity Science3 8,383,178
Composition1 6,285,934
Computational Linguistics28 36,230,033
Computational Methods & Tools1 592,093
Computer Graphics & Visual.27 51,245,169
Computer Sys. & Architecture51 73,103,543
Condensed Matter Physics127 164,946,566
Construction Ops & Management8 16,427,680
Continuum Mechanics74 95,048,686
Control Engineering48 90,282,401
Co-ordination Chemistry52 55,634,135
Cosmology4 6,796,598
Criminology2 7,860,560
Data Handling & Storage1 5,492,189
Design & Testing Technology62 88,732,365
Design Engineering37 100,900,693
Design of Process systems51 124,626,456
Design Processes4 4,067,222
Development (Biosciences)1 1,200,551
Digital Signal Processing42 67,557,567
Direct Dark Matter Detection1 436,513
Drug Formulation & Delivery43 67,452,703
Earth Engineering5 9,881,466
Earth Resources1 4,436,180
Economics1 26,768,601
Electric Motor & Drive Systems17 48,216,222
Electrochemical Science & Eng.50 74,379,418
Electronic Devices & Subsys.108 124,185,643
Energy - Conventional5 7,951,248
Energy - Marine & Hydropower33 61,944,833
Energy - Nuclear70 111,075,459
Energy Efficiency80 187,699,873
Energy Storage90 253,732,781
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology31 48,796,462
Environment & Health5 4,974,274
Environmental biotechnology1 1,020,945
Ethics6 22,068,757
Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol.4 11,827,017
Finance and Accounting1 2,044,217
Fluid Dynamics98 78,906,999
Food processing2 16,200,057
Food structure/composition2 2,654,092
Fuel Cell Technologies11 24,881,059
Fundamentals of Computing192 166,359,855
Fusion10 90,694,493
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions34 69,547,222
Genomics1 1,200,551
Governance1 710,089
Gravitational Waves1 461,770
Ground Engineering40 42,885,722
Heat & Mass Transfer11 6,057,587
High Performance Computing21 8,635,562
Human Communication in ICT22 53,100,439
Human Resource Management1 691,374
Human-Computer Interactions128 261,670,980
Image & Vision Computing84 116,761,491
Industrial Organisation (R&D)1 4,437,440
Information & Knowledge Mgmt91 174,961,084
Innovation1 3,673,166
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.127 169,800,275
Intelligent & Expert Systems5 10,168,316
Intelligent Measurement Sys.1 6,065,756
Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy1 703,616
Knowledge Management1 3,673,166
Lasers & Optics12 7,855,434
Lattice QCD2 6,105,798
Leadership1 691,374
Light-Matter Interactions30 26,051,857
Livestock production1 3,897,947
Logic & Combinatorics61 60,675,113
Macro-molecular delivery1 10,851,090
Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena79 83,912,624
Manufact. Business Strategy14 27,088,748
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt57 191,791,840
Manufacturing Machine & Plant205 429,130,662
Materials Characterisation344 447,396,626
Materials Processing78 178,129,897
Materials Synthesis & Growth248 381,985,023
Materials testing & eng.71 109,613,462
Mathematical Analysis136 119,006,667
Mathematical Aspects of OR36 67,461,344
Mathematical Physics49 52,444,442
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.145 242,847,986
Medical Imaging85 95,438,835
Medical science & disease21 33,663,267
Mental Health3 1,640,133
Metabolic engineering1 870,445
Microbiology4 7,897,623
Microorganisms1 352,996
Microsystems50 44,380,144
Mining & Minerals Extraction4 6,608,291
Mobile Computing35 61,636,126
Modelling & simul. of IT sys.6 11,458,536
Multiphase Flow7 14,457,027
Music & Acoustic Technology20 22,706,770
Musicology1 6,285,934
Networks & Distributed Systems99 156,095,732
New & Emerging Comp. Paradigms7 6,510,691
Non-linear Systems Mathematics53 70,779,170
Nuclear Structure1 1,499,367
Numerical Analysis79 101,563,748
Oil & Gas Extraction3 5,561,462
Operations Management3 9,343,299
Optical Communications31 66,651,547
Optical Devices & Subsystems83 136,630,481
Optical Phenomena6 12,751,174
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits86 171,383,267
Organisational Studies1 362,646
Parallel Computing19 22,309,327
Particle Technology53 94,087,959
Pavement Engineering2 856,693
Physical Organic Chemistry30 55,679,082
Plasmas - Laser & Fusion19 26,988,545
Plasmas - Technological7 10,865,251
Political Geography1 3,472,713
Power Electronics12 7,050,503
Power Sys Man, Prot & Control1 840,201
Product Design1 4,436,877
Protein chemistry4 12,180,111
Protein engineering4 4,695,333
Psychology2 11,409,476
Quantum Fluids & Solids8 10,190,552
Quantum Optics & Information72 80,295,287
Reactor Engineering29 46,764,073
Research approaches2 2,008,714
RF & Microwave Technology80 80,266,735
Rheology12 8,302,019
Robotics & Autonomy73 155,858,662
Safety & Reliability of Plant1 6,864,992
Science & Technology Studies2 26,842,971
Separation Processes7 18,143,459
Social Policy3 21,044,942
Social Psychology5 2,600,945
Socio Legal Studies5 32,670,387
Sociology2 3,773,767
Software Engineering133 144,908,007
Soil science5 3,235,384
Solar Technology64 67,785,230
Sport and Exercise2 6,803,307
Statistics & Appl. Probability127 195,876,373
Stem cell biology1 1,478,669
Structural biology2 7,033,778
Structural Engineering46 63,575,335
Surfaces & Interfaces48 54,908,687
Survey & Monitoring3 6,860,955
Sustainability Management1 1,460,497
Sustainable Energy Networks65 117,348,189
Sustainable Energy Vectors65 131,060,924
Synthetic biology85 126,224,308
Systems neuroscience2 1,655,001
The Standard Model5 698,206
Theoretical biology1 1,534,181
Tissue engineering54 74,467,438
Tools for the biosciences3 10,632,245
Transport Ops & Management17 35,230,720
Underwater Engineering1 5,784,697
Urban & Land Management25 55,129,052
Vision & Senses - ICT appl.21 18,199,503
Waste Management11 11,720,372
Waste Minimisation9 21,846,396
Water Engineering21 37,892,957
Wind Power31 50,314,682