Areas in which fellowships are available

EPSRC's Capability and Challenge Themes have an on-going process to prioritise the areas in which fellowships will be offered.

We will not accept applications in areas outside of those identified below. Applicants should refer to the thematic programme priorities for additional details on the research areas we wish to appoint fellows in. Please see the theme links in the table for details on the priority areas.

Thematic areas	Postdoctoral	Early career	Established career
Across themes	Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering)	Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering)	Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering)
Quantum Technology	This area is no longer available for fellowships
Digital economy	Applications not invited at this career stage	Advancing the Understanding and Development of the Internet of Things for the Digital economy Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security Designing and exploiting digital systems for society and the economy	Advancing the Understanding and Development of the Internet of Things for the Digital economy Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security Designing and exploiting digital systems for society and the economy
Engineering	Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT)	Water Engineering Complex Fluids and Rheology Software development for novel Engineering research Particle Technology Synthetic biology Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience Microsystems Advanced Materials Engineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT) Control Engineering	Water Engineering Complex Fluids and Rheology Particle Technology Synthetic biology Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience Microsystems Advanced Materials Engineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT) Control Engineering
Manufacturing the Future	Applications not invited at this career stage	21st Century Products New Industrial Systems Digital Manufacturing Sustainable Industries	21st Century Products New Industrial Systems Digital Manufacturing Sustainable Industries
Physical Sciences	Applications not invited at this career stage	New and Novel Approaches to the Design and Discovery of Materials and Molecules Theoretical and Computational Physical Sciences Transforming Understanding of Physical and Chemical Phenomena and Processes New Physical Sciences for Biology and Medicine New Physical Sciences for Energy New Ways of Working in the Physical Sciences	Materials for Energy Biophysics and Soft Matter Surface Science Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion
Mathematical Sciences	Statistics and Applied Probability Intradisciplinary Research New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research Continuum Mathematics and Advanced Materials in Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces	Statistics and Applied Probability Intradisciplinary Research New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research Continuum Mathematics and Advanced Materials in the Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces	Statistics and Applied Probability New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces
Information and Communication Technologies	Applications are not invited at this career stage. See ‘Across themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes.	People at the Heart of ICT See ‘Across all themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes.	‘People at the Heart of ICT’ with ‘Cross Disciplinarity and Co-Creation’ See ‘Across all themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes.
Energy	Bioenergy End-use Energy Demand Energy Networks Energy Storage Nuclear Fission Solar Energy Energy Systems Integration Offshore renewable energy David Clarke Fellowship	Bioenergy End-use Energy Demand Carbon Capture and Storage Energy Networks Energy Storage Nuclear Fission Solar Energy Energy Systems Integration Offshore renewable energy Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors	Carbon Capture and Storage Energy Storage End-use energy demand (EUED) Energy Systems Integration Offshore renewable energy Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors
Healthcare technologies	Applications not invited at this career stage.	Applications not invited at this career stage.	Mandatory pre-application stage, see theme page for details. Developing Future Therapies Frontiers of Physical Intervention Optimising Treatment Transforming Community Health and Care

On-going refresh of the fellowship priority areas

The Fellowship Framework enables themes to continue to identify and prioritise areas in which they wish to support fellowships.

Where new priority areas are being introduced or notice for removing an area is being given; details will be made available for interested parties on this webpage biannually in spring and autumn each year.

Removal of priority areas – when a theme intends to remove a priority area, EPSRC will give adequate notice of this intention. Aligned to the above process, six months' advance notice will be provided and publicised in either spring or autumn each year. Please note any related applications in process at the time that advance notice is given will continue to be assessed in good faith.

Please also note, EPSRC will not typically be giving notice for adding new fellowship priority areas – these will go live as soon as they are announced on this webpage.

While this biannual process enables fellowship priority areas to be updated on an on-going regular basis, EPSRC reserves the right to introduce new priority areas outside of these defined timescales and at short notice as and when it is deemed necessary.

Changes announced on 8 July 2019

Physical Sciences

Additions:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion (Established Career fellowships only) effective from 8 July 2019.

Changes announced on 3 May 2019

Mathematical Sciences

To be removed at all career stages:

Statistics and Applied Probability effective from 30 October 2019

Addition at all career stages:

Statistics and its Interfaces

Healthcare Technologies

To be removed:

Developing Future Therapies (Established Career) effective from 30 October 2019
Frontiers of Physical Intervention (Established Career) effective from 30 October 2019
Optimising Treatment (Established Career) effective from 30 October 2019
Transforming Community Health and Care (Established Career) effective from 30 October 2019

Energy

As of 30 October 2019 the Energy portfolio will undergo a re-organisation of priority areas, see below for further details. To be removed at all career stages on 30 October 2019:

Bioenergy
End-Use Energy Demand
Carbon Capture and Storage
Energy Networks
Energy Storage
Nuclear Fission
Solar Energy
Energy Systems Integration
Offshore renewable energy
Hydrogen and Alternative Energy Vectors

Additions at all career stages in advance of 30 October 2019:

Future Electricity generation
Energy for transport
Energy for heat
Energy for industry

No changes will be announced for the autumn 2018 refresh

There will be no new priority areas added and no existing priority areas are due to be removed in the next six months.