Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
AbbreviationEPSRC
PredecessorScience and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
Formation1994
TypeResearch Council within UKRI
PurposeFunding of science and engineering research
HeadquartersPolaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1ET
Region served
United Kingdom
Executive Chair
Lynn Gladden
Main organ
EPSRC Council
Parent organisation
AffiliationsRCUK, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC, TSB, UKSA
Budget
£898 million (2015–2016)[1]
Websiteepsrc.ukri.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. EPSRC research areas include mathematics, physics, chemistry, artificial intelligence and computer science, but exclude particle physics, nuclear physics, space science and astronomy (which fall under the remit of the Science and Technology Facilities Council). Since 2018 it has been part of UK Research and Innovation, which is funded through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  1. ^ Budget and finances, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, archived from the original on 29 August 2020, retrieved 29 August 2020