Browse our areas of investment and support

This is a detailed list of all our councils’ themes, research areas, programmes and priorities. You can find what we are investing in and what resources you can access.

To understand our overarching objectives and future plans, see the UKRI strategic themes and council delivery plans.

To see open and upcoming funding, search funding opportunities.

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Physical sciences theme

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) supports UK scientists to deliver the very best research and training across the physical sciences and provide an internationally competitive, balanced and engaged research portfolio to meet the UK’s needs.

EPSRC

Plasma and lasers

Research into both high temperature, high density plasmas magnetically confined or laser produced, and low temperature, low density plasmas.

EPSRC

Politics and governance

The Economic and Social Research Council supports the creation of new insights from research and datasets around elections and governance in the UK and across the world to give the public the data, evidence and analysis they need to build trust and confidence in governments and democracy.

ESRC

Polymer materials

This research area addresses the synthesis, characterisation and theoretical understanding of novel polymer materials.

EPSRC

Population and public health sciences

The aim of this programme is to support and advance the study of biological, social and environmental influences on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of populations, and the development of interventions designed to improve population health or prevent diseases.

MRC

Population and society

ESRC supports the creation of new insights from research and data into understanding the makeup of the nation and its needs across areas including health and care, poverty, disability, housing, wellbeing, education and policing to inform national local and global policies that improve life for all.

ESRC

Population and systems medicine

This board supports mechanistic and applied research relating to the physiology and pathophysiology of major human organs and systems, including population health and the impact of environmental factors on health and development across the life course.

MRC

Population Research UK

Population Research UK (PRUK) is a new national resource designed to maximise the use of, and benefits from, UK longitudinal population studies across social, economic and biomedical science. PRUK is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund.

ESRCMRC

Precision medicine

The aim of this programme is to support and fund research that will identify patients or subgroups of patients with distinct mechanisms of disease or particular responses to treatments, helping ensure that the right patient gets the right treatment at the right time.

MRC

Process systems: components and integration

This research area covers the design, operation, modelling, control and optimisation of chemical, physical and biological bulk-product processes that are conducted continuously or repeatedly.

EPSRC

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