EPSRC Support By Theme

Capability Themes
EPSRC’s support for excellent, long-term disciplinary and multidisciplinary research, in engineering and the physical sciences.

Please Note: Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes is excluded from the table below.

National Capability Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Engineering	508	336,823,708
Information and Communication Technologies	489	332,785,655
Mathematical Sciences	461	220,344,709
Physical Sciences	792	568,604,174
Research Infrastructure	513	311,013,217

Challenge Themes
EPSRC’s support for research to help solve some of the most serious global, economic and societal challenges facing the UK.

The grants values listed below include Challenge theme funding that is delivered by the Capability themes.

Challenge Theme	Number of Grants	Proportional Value (£)
Digital Economy	105	80,982,690
Energy	282	290,073,548
Global Uncertainties	73	36,987,767
Healthcare Technologies	282	261,815,242
Living with Environmental Change	14	11,716,010
Manufacturing the Future	271	336,490,933
Quantum Technologies	25	134,846,108

Non Theme Specific Funding
Some types of funding (large training awards such as the Doctoral Training Accounts or Institutional type awards) cannot be easily and immediately (at the time of award) attributed to individual Capability or Challenge themes. However, to allow a fuller comparison of the funding portfolio by theme, the value and number of such awards, are reported in this table. Where possible, the funding listed in this table will be attributed to individual Capability and Challenge themes in due course.

Non Theme Specific	Number of Grants	Value (£)
	128	145,247,740