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EPSRC Support By Research Area
Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number of grants listed below does not reflect the proportion assigned to different research areas and thus all grants of some relevance to the research area are counted. However, the value of the investment does reflect the proportion assigned to different research areas.

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Research AreaNumber of GrantsProportional Value (£)Grant Value (£)
Algebra96 19,505,472 72,850,125
Analytical Science144 64,784,688 207,352,573
Antihydrogen12 13,676,389 13,793,386
Architecture and Operating Systems93 24,725,236 108,370,259
Artificial Intelligence Technologies248 174,490,560 506,832,294
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics62 40,503,289 87,915,277
Bioenergy13 16,537,238 42,081,548
Biological Informatics26 8,582,017 39,900,124
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering111 63,763,002 213,488,943
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics141 56,043,707 159,803,116
Built Environment40 21,741,628 59,818,941
Carbon Capture and Storage14 24,777,885 55,216,041
Catalysis194 82,805,425 245,134,596
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry126 62,017,608 170,627,692
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms71 34,238,350 106,142,326
Chemical Structure9 1,739,213 12,552,180
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)186 95,888,416 236,699,143
Coastal and Waterway Engineering33 9,610,624 27,831,983
Cold Atoms and Molecules28 17,035,074 34,585,107
Combustion Engineering24 8,185,443 22,047,618
Complex Fluids & Rheology36 20,778,839 65,634,047
Complexity Science9 5,189,973 19,517,431
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry76 35,613,778 135,601,258
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure114 40,496,874 145,379,405
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials122 37,469,500 160,167,781
Continuum Mechanics51 17,125,354 74,310,036
Control Engineering44 21,133,657 103,923,001
Databases18 8,050,977 25,253,000
Digital Signal Processing43 17,485,509 60,923,635
Displays3 1,702,695 10,760,218
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics38 31,466,818 58,303,641
Electrochemical Sciences46 12,967,819 61,734,014
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)87 79,858,757 145,272,706
Energy Networks33 33,496,126 58,770,327
Energy Storage71 143,467,723 207,400,044
Engineering Design79 50,580,611 149,024,954
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics153 84,462,858 130,352,182
Fossil fuel power generation2 1,429,422 3,623,506
Fuel Cell Technology11 8,087,226 23,263,476
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics168 64,258,511 234,349,222
Geometry & Topology95 27,196,779 85,022,793
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology53 29,788,819 139,196,420
Graphics and Visualisation33 16,549,117 58,314,585
Ground Engineering27 12,556,032 36,591,885
Human Communication in ICT14 4,049,735 16,182,524
Human-Computer Interaction139 73,138,852 264,321,650
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors16 24,245,615 51,738,451
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems98 37,727,484 147,400,801
Image and Vision Computing86 39,795,862 142,555,262
Information Systems140 68,027,821 230,646,182
Infrastructure and Urban Systems59 36,892,991 96,441,625
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena58 15,798,595 66,728,117
Logic and Combinatorics52 12,425,278 55,501,035
Manufacturing Technologies330 249,831,663 601,916,463
Marine Wave and Tidal26 30,855,838 58,972,657
Materials Engineering - Ceramics32 16,009,242 103,218,253
Materials Engineering - Composites82 46,408,313 166,403,035
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys82 56,930,901 181,032,548
Materials For Energy Applications147 61,115,375 255,193,287
Mathematical Analysis129 44,661,694 114,166,308
Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research1 17,448 58,159
Mathematical biology44 21,912,231 76,713,150
Mathematical Physics59 11,148,153 51,369,217
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)126 94,388,290 190,912,663
Microelectronics Design44 16,816,799 72,716,981
Microelectronics Device Technology69 29,944,091 105,448,635
Microsystems34 10,551,971 41,499,242
Music and Acoustic Technology21 9,406,083 20,750,029
Natural Language Processing43 15,721,283 69,782,807
Non-Linear Systems37 11,624,442 62,562,132
Nuclear Fission91 85,073,086 94,642,800
Number Theory43 14,112,250 54,467,808
Numerical Analysis68 29,635,828 100,485,928
Operational research67 39,085,332 175,491,239
Optical Communications35 24,803,345 78,381,225
Optical Devices and Subsystems71 43,444,914 126,079,211
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits94 58,750,993 170,294,116
Out of EPSRC Remit34 54,710,658 80,410,440
Particle Technology46 20,734,056 84,377,559
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems93 65,777,263 149,143,439
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing65 24,174,200 96,916,410
Photonic Materials133 76,418,975 246,884,237
Plasma and Lasers40 29,091,538 39,164,520
Polymer Materials118 52,499,595 228,916,876
Process Systems: Components and Integration105 63,533,130 227,757,525
Programming Languages and Compilers89 19,565,577 68,022,172
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems58 137,412,856 155,719,191
Quantum Fluids and Solids9 5,396,475 10,982,418
Quantum Optics and Information71 41,044,371 110,097,403
RF & Microwave Devices51 20,902,936 51,128,039
RF & MW Communications45 16,044,638 56,094,072
Robotics92 96,293,871 227,670,039
Sensors and Instrumentation129 51,944,524 169,442,168
Software Engineering120 32,548,217 115,300,682
Solar Technology53 35,062,237 68,431,298
Speech Technology14 6,684,576 18,881,188
Spintronics62 21,926,898 78,921,716
Statistics and Applied Probability112 77,751,346 173,174,370
Structural Engineering55 35,912,721 84,210,718
Superconductivity43 11,935,141 84,931,290
Surface Science46 13,992,315 52,938,537
Synthetic Biology36 36,900,254 79,911,961
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry67 16,480,614 68,163,116
Synthetic Organic Chemistry128 60,944,244 165,015,783
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry63 23,459,730 78,874,865
Theoretical Computer Science104 36,398,803 113,961,785
UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme1 43,231,603 43,231,603
Verification and Correctness91 31,903,380 126,453,584
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses26 6,792,687 24,053,287
Water Engineering37 38,022,086 57,502,446
Whole Energy Systems36 50,168,246 77,891,301
Wind Power24 29,362,375 58,188,183