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| EPSRC Support By Research Topic |
Data shown is current at 19th November 2010.
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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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| Acoustics | 79 |
26,946,519
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| Aerodynamics | 64 |
26,969,061
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| Agricultural systems | 1 |
11,764,897
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| Algebra and Geometry | 149 |
56,563,249
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| Analytical Science | 134 |
94,356,377
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| Animal and human physiology | 6 |
960,835
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| Archaeological Theory | 1 |
501,450
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| Artificial Intelligence Technologies | 149 |
90,170,280
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| Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Land and Groundwater | 14 |
8,075,520
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| Asymmetric Chemistry | 33 |
9,281,440
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| Atoms and Ions | 3 |
202,794
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| Bioelectronic Devices | 20 |
29,977,455
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| Bioenergy | 28 |
19,630,963
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| Bioinformatics | 41 |
41,658,635
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| Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | 104 |
71,027,523
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| Biological membranes | 1 |
246,905
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| Biomaterials | 65 |
36,689,265
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| Biomechanics and Rehabilitation | 45 |
29,614,588
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| Biomedical neuroscience | 57 |
51,994,003
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| Biomedical sciences | 1 |
397,413
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| Bionanoscience | 1 |
414,945
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| Biophysics | 6 |
11,244,718
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| Bioprocess Engineering | 26 |
9,984,258
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| Building Operation and Management | 101 |
67,923,609
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| Carbohydrate Chemistry | 7 |
5,663,933
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| Carbon Capture and Storage | 16 |
11,241,957
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| Catalysis and Applied Catalysis | 154 |
60,618,946
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| Catalysis and enzymology | 4 |
4,759,862
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| Cells | 68 |
54,337,831
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| Chemical Biology | 112 |
88,243,031
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| Chemical Structure | 143 |
72,414,013
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| Chemical Synthetic Methodology | 226 |
107,605,775
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| Civil Engineering Materials | 37 |
15,715,619
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| Coal Technology | 14 |
9,175,765
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| Coastal and Waterway Engineering | 26 |
20,744,669
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| Cognitive Science Applications in ICT | 35 |
20,586,843
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| Cold Atomic Species | 54 |
42,308,670
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| Combinatorial Chemistry | 22 |
15,560,681
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| Combustion | 63 |
30,482,416
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| Complex fluids and soft solids | 97 |
61,829,555
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| Complexity Science | 62 |
47,973,301
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| Composition | 1 |
250,102
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| Computational Methods and Tools | 1 |
99,613
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| Computational/Corpus Linguistics | 15 |
7,074,474
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| Computer Graphics and Visualisation | 26 |
8,236,028
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| Computer Systems and Architecture | 6 |
6,208,339
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| Condensed Matter Physics | 121 |
65,525,197
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| Construction Operations and Management | 43 |
58,531,536
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| Continuum Mechanics | 72 |
29,876,887
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| Control Engineering | 75 |
44,950,199
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| Co-ordination Chemistry | 55 |
22,661,903
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| Crop protection | 11 |
2,413,752
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| Crop science | 1 |
1,302,692
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| Cultural History | 1 |
2,688,997
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| Design and Testing Technology | 13 |
23,678,743
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| Design Engineering | 16 |
35,253,073
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| Design History, Theory and Practice | 2 |
12,138,490
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| Design of Process systems | 54 |
50,347,671
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| Design Processes | 29 |
25,016,617
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| Development (Biosciences) | 13 |
6,705,196
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| Digital Art & Design | 2 |
12,192,044
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| Digital Arts History, Theory and Practice | 2 |
14,695,954
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| Digital Signal Processing | 76 |
23,274,472
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| Displays | 16 |
5,772,497
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| Drug Formulation and Delivery | 51 |
30,162,915
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| Earth Resources | 1 |
501,450
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| Economic And Social History | 1 |
2,688,997
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| Economics | 3 |
23,990,457
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| Education | 6 |
1,878,386
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| Electrical Motor and Drive Systems | 10 |
3,473,430
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| Electrochemical Science and Engineering | 43 |
19,743,835
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| Electromagnetics | 6 |
4,051,284
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| Electronic Devices and Subsystems | 125 |
94,160,411
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| Energy - Conventional | 26 |
20,112,707
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| Energy - Marine and Hydropower | 7 |
13,530,851
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| Energy - Nuclear | 39 |
30,314,874
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| Energy Efficiency | 111 |
63,500,541
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| Energy Storage | 16 |
15,549,692
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| Engineering Dynamics and Tribology | 60 |
29,017,547
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| Environmental Planning | 1 |
11,764,897
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| eScience | 4 |
13,915,885
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| Fluid Dynamics | 39 |
30,570,147
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| Fuel Cell Technologies | 46 |
31,290,305
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| Fundamentals of Computing | 207 |
91,953,253
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| Fusion | 11 |
16,761,525
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| Gas and Solution Phase Reactions | 61 |
39,716,407
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| Genomics | 30 |
44,146,502
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| Ground Engineering | 49 |
19,913,360
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| Heat and Mass Transfer | 44 |
21,914,655
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| High Performance Computing | 52 |
16,118,856
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| History Of Music | 1 |
250,102
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| Human Communication in ICT | 26 |
9,172,329
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| Human Geography | 1 |
11,764,897
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| Human-Computer Interactions | 117 |
94,134,179
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| Hydrological Processes | 2 |
101,903
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| ICT Networks and Distributed Systems | 138 |
114,900,138
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| Image and Vision Computing | 127 |
72,606,646
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| Information and Knowledge Management | 118 |
107,955,840
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| Instrumentation Engineering and Development | 144 |
99,008,749
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| Intelligent and Expert Systems | 14 |
18,813,373
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| Intelligent Measurement Systems | 13 |
6,938,908
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| Interpreting And Translation | 1 |
100,240
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| Journalism | 1 |
449,681
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| Lasers and Optics | 74 |
51,620,482
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| Law Regulated By Statute | 1 |
790,239
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| Light-Matter Interactions | 26 |
11,924,075
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| Logic and Combinatorics | 56 |
27,847,804
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| Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena | 49 |
25,354,785
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| Management & Business Studies | 2 |
223,798
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| Mantle And Core Processes | 1 |
903,958
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| Manufacturing Business Strategy | 26 |
37,239,332
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| Manufacturing Enterprise Operations and Management | 15 |
17,819,071
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| Manufacturing Machinery & Plant | 26 |
61,220,549
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| Materials Characterisation | 671 |
368,785,930
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| Materials Processing | 220 |
157,779,169
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| Materials Synthesis and Growth | 357 |
222,469,623
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| Materials testing and engineering | 124 |
76,249,957
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| Mathematical Analysis | 102 |
54,880,315
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| Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research | 36 |
43,406,169
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| Mathematical Physics | 73 |
30,278,324
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| Mechanical and Fluid Power Transmission | 9 |
4,121,504
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| Media & Communication Studies | 19 |
21,962,308
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| Medical Imaging | 26 |
16,816,802
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| Medical Instrumentation, Devices and Equipment | 163 |
129,635,418
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| Medical science and disease | 107 |
82,245,172
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| Mental Health | 2 |
12,197,001
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| Microsystems | 41 |
30,914,659
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| Mining & Minerals Extraction | 4 |
2,165,754
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| Mobile Computing | 84 |
77,386,387
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| Modelling and simulation of IT systems | 24 |
22,462,352
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| Multimedia | 29 |
28,256,536
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| Multiphase Flow | 55 |
32,541,166
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| Music and Acoustic Technology | 14 |
3,989,824
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| Musicology | 1 |
250,102
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| New and Emerging Computing Paradigms | 51 |
39,342,698
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| New Media/Web-Based Studies | 15 |
26,710,682
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| Non-linear Systems Mathematics | 112 |
59,509,251
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| Nuclear Structure | 1 |
119,766
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| Numerical Analysis | 101 |
58,310,249
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| Oil and Gas Extraction | 15 |
5,226,769
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| Optical Communications | 36 |
37,027,669
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| Optical Devices and Subsystems | 106 |
77,759,778
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| Optical Phenomena | 41 |
34,240,996
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| Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits | 73 |
50,644,152
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| Parallel Computing | 41 |
21,141,367
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| Particle Technology | 34 |
15,033,289
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| Pavement Engineering | 7 |
6,482,222
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| Physical Organic Chemistry | 43 |
20,808,886
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| Plasmas - Laser and Fusion | 41 |
21,312,470
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| Plasmas - Technological | 20 |
11,655,209
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| Policy, Arts Management & Creative Industries | 2 |
2,084,929
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| Pollution | 1 |
287,905
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| Population Ecology | 24 |
25,629,394
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| Power Electronics | 26 |
25,932,682
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| Power Systems Management, Protection and Control | 22 |
23,315,761
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| Power Systems Plant | 18 |
22,665,959
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| Product Design | 3 |
12,557,280
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| Protein chemistry | 3 |
714,861
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| Protein folding / misfolding | 2 |
634,247
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| Psycholinguistics | 2 |
283,990
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| Psychology | 2 |
1,138,737
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| Publishing | 4 |
1,567,841
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| Quantum Fluids and Solids | 16 |
11,845,133
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| Quantum Optics & Information | 69 |
38,598,152
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| Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave Technology | 70 |
37,131,865
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| Reactor Engineering | 38 |
12,389,667
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| Rheology | 15 |
10,381,756
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| Robotics and Autonomy | 34 |
13,253,581
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| Scattering & Spectroscopy | 19 |
10,705,552
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| Science And Technology Studies | 1 |
378,532
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| Separation Processes | 16 |
11,576,646
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| Social Statistics, Computation & Methods | 1 |
488,208
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| Sociology | 2 |
2,890,845
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| Software Engineering | 123 |
81,610,289
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| Soil science | 1 |
1,302,692
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| Solar Technology | 71 |
56,665,647
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| Statistics and Applied Probability | 112 |
77,771,699
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| Stem cell biology | 1 |
101,745
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| Structural biology | 1 |
414,945
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| Structural Engineering | 42 |
19,028,652
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| Surfaces and Interfaces | 142 |
108,535,477
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| Sustainable Energy Networks | 49 |
56,718,406
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| Sustainable Energy Vectors | 31 |
26,872,566
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| Synthetic biology | 16 |
12,227,101
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| System on Chip | 88 |
67,606,420
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| Theoretical biology | 55 |
50,732,853
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| Tissue Engineering | 68 |
74,849,430
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| Transportation Operations and Management | 86 |
49,054,256
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| Unclassified | 256 |
122,638,459
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| Underwater Engineering | 1 |
183,951
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| Urban and Land Management | 69 |
52,408,918
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| Vision, Hearing and Other Senses - Applications in ICT | 37 |
17,446,812
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| VLSI Design | 33 |
18,959,330
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| Waste Management | 13 |
17,221,859
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| Waste Minimisation | 3 |
1,318,813
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| Water Engineering | 43 |
21,887,551
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| Wind Power | 7 |
6,589,332
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| The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities
(these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation). |
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