{"id":44046,"date":"2021-11-22T20:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta-ukri.msappproxy.net\/?post_type=council&#038;p=44046"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:32:32","slug":"remit-programmes-and-priorities","status":"publish","type":"council","link":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/councils\/epsrc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Remit, programmes and priorities &#8211; EPSRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) supports research and talent in engineering and the physical sciences.<\/p>\n<p>We fund research, support talent and innovation, and invest in facilities in areas including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chemistry<\/li>\n<li>engineering<\/li>\n<li>information and communications technologies<\/li>\n<li>materials<\/li>\n<li>mathematical sciences<\/li>\n<li>physics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EPSRC\u2019s remit is not limited to these areas. But the majority of research we support must be in engineering and the physical sciences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ukri-callout-box\">\n<p><a href=\"\/our-work\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/?category=epsrc\">Browse all EPSRC research areas and programmes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also find out more about <a href=\"\/councils\/epsrc\/guidance-for-applicants\/check-if-you-are-eligible-for-funding\/\">who we fund<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/councils\/epsrc\/facilities-and-resources\/\">research facilities and resources we invest in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Check if your research is within EPSRC\u2019s remit<\/h3>\n<p>Before making a research proposal, you can <a href=\"\/councils\/epsrc\/guidance-for-applicants\/epsrc-remit\/\">check if your research is suitable for EPSRC funding<\/a>. It\u2019s a good idea to do this if your research is interdisciplinary or not clearly within EPSRC\u2019s research areas.<\/p>\n<p>You should also consider how your research contributes to <a href=\"\/councils\/epsrc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/our-research-portfolio-and-priorities\/\">EPSRC\u2019s research portfolio and strategic priorities<\/a>. This is particularly important if you want to apply for an <a href=\"\/opportunity\/epsrc-standard-research-grant-nov-2023-responsive-mode\/\">EPSRC standard research grant<\/a> (a funding opportunity open to a wide range of research and approaches within EPSRC&#8217;s remit).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":820,"template":"template-chapter-nav-parent.php","categories":[50],"tags":[],"wf_council_folders":[289,129],"class_list":["post-44046","council","type-council","status-publish","hentry","category-epsrc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/council"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165720,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44046\/revisions\/165720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44046"},{"taxonomy":"wf_council_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_council_folders?post=44046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}