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EPSRC Support by Research Areas in Theme (Engineering)

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 and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio in question is currently constituted.

Please note: this is a dynamic database reflecting the current grants portfolio by Research Area within a Theme. Therefore, the number and value of grants within a Research Area will not match exactly the thematic Research Area distributions given at EPSRC's portfolio.

Research AreaNumber of GrantsProportional Value (£)
Analytical Science19 3,376,774
Architecture and Operating Systems1 31,928
Artificial Intelligence Technologies24 9,320,816
Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics3 1,510,237
Bioenergy1 658,438
Biological Informatics3 818,045
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering15 5,962,599
Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics14 2,406,960
Built Environment21 9,185,893
Carbon Capture and Storage3 1,478,227
Catalysis17 14,656,681
Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry1 113,678
Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms4 1,091,819
Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging)22 9,989,223
Coastal and Waterway Engineering20 2,885,520
Combustion Engineering19 4,975,064
Complex Fluids & Rheology20 11,726,233
Complexity Science1 217,693
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry2 189,929
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure5 982,989
Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials5 374,300
Continuum Mechanics12 1,485,191
Control Engineering15 7,030,867
Digital Signal Processing2 202,627
Electrical Motors and Drive / Electromagnetics18 8,609,413
Electrochemical Sciences5 381,342
End Use Energy Demand (Energy Efficiency)14 4,346,638
Energy Networks2 225,533
Energy Storage1 1,544,107
Engineering Design14 5,752,978
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics122 56,712,256
Functional Ceramics and Inorganics16 2,297,795
Geometry & Topology2 162,325
Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology4 1,080,243
Ground Engineering21 8,930,561
Human Communication in ICT2 320,198
Human-Computer Interaction5 896,964
ICT Networks & Distributed Systems4 425,888
Image and Vision Computing15 1,492,831
Information Systems1 127,713
Infrastructure and Urban Systems26 12,010,708
Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena2 1,121,875
Manufacturing Technologies55 20,000,940
Materials Engineering - Ceramics12 7,735,959
Materials Engineering - Composites39 19,335,090
Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys36 17,280,392
Materials For Energy Applications9 6,728,304
Mathematical Analysis1 110,739
Medical Imaging (inc medical image and vision computing)6 1,131,044
Microelectronics Design3 607,192
Microelectronics Device Technology6 4,526,303
Microsystems25 7,554,752
Music and Acoustic Technology1 15,145
Non-Linear Systems3 222,398
Nuclear Fission7 3,908,257
Numerical Analysis8 697,470
Operational Research7 4,143,294
Optical Communications2 1,854,279
Optical Devices and Subsystems12 6,840,297
Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits4 762,956
Particle Technology21 7,118,107
Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems64 33,540,204
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing1 836,739
Photonic Materials9 4,469,844
Plasma and Lasers1 270,381
Polymer Materials19 8,023,788
Process Systems: Components and Integration51 19,539,484
Quantum Devices, Components and Systems2 224,910
Quantum Optics and Information1 1,088,292
RF & Microwave Devices11 1,699,542
RF & MW Communications7 1,410,256
Robotics37 29,469,519
Sensors and Instrumentation70 25,549,870
Software Engineering2 1,574,786
Solar Technology3 918,590
Spintronics1 40,853
Statistics and Applied Probability1 84,887
Structural Engineering33 21,011,152
Superconductivity3 324,643
Surface Science9 2,004,375
Synthetic Biology20 15,115,280
Synthetic Coordination Chemistry3 358,955
Synthetic Organic Chemistry7 5,238,641
Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry3 261,986
Theoretical Computer Science1 627,554
Verification and Correctness3 1,794,614
Vision, Hearing and Other Senses5 540,995
Water Engineering22 16,773,914
Wind Power7 1,117,850