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Facts and figures

We are the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, with a budget of around £850 million each year.

In 2010/11 we supported around
7,300
researchers

Our joint commitments with TSB now stand at around
£280 million

By the end of March 2011 over
£640 million
of EPSRC funds had been invested in supporting research with international links.

We funded
2,724
new students during 2010/11.

Awards worth
£39 million
were made to 46 Career Acceleration and Leadership Fellows in 2010.

We supported a range of research facilities and services during the Delivery plan period totalling in excess of
£45 million

Around
40%
of our research portfolio involves collaborations with industry.

EPSRC has current Strategic Partnerships with
28
organisations.

We invested a further
£33 million
in Digital Economy projects in 2010/11.

We have invested
£39 million
in the RCUK Nanoscience programme during this Delivery Plan period.

£34 million
was invested by EPSRC in Healthcare projects during 2010/11.

Over
4,000
are registered on the Bloodhound Education Programme.

  • Mission and vision

    EPSRC's mission and vision

  • Budget and finances

    Details of how EPSRC manages and spends its budget.

  • Our research

    Information about the research funded by EPSRC, the subjects and areas we cover, and how our research is being used in everyday life.

  • Centres

    The major EPSRC-funded centres; doctoral training, innovative manufacturing, interdisciplinary research collaborations

  • Key publications

    Introduction to the main sources of information about EPSRC. 

Transparency

The Government has a clear commitment to greater transparency of public information and are committed to publishing data on all government organisation structures, and senior civil servants, including NDPB officials.

The information (available via the transparency page) is also published as a subset of the BIS data published on data.gov.uk.

See also

Grants on the Web (GoW)

Freedom of information

Corporate publications

Organisation

Success rates

Transparency
Organisational data regarding the EPSRC, including senior staff posts and pay, junior staff numbers and payscales

Related internet links

Research Councils UK

BIS
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

BIS transparency data

BIS Ministers and staff transparency data

data.gov organogram and staff pay data for EPSRC



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