Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Abbreviation	EPSRC
Predecessor	Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
Formation	1994
Type	Research Council within UKRI
Purpose	Funding of science and engineering research
Headquarters	Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1ET
Region served	United Kingdom
Executive Chair	Lynn Gladden
Main organ	EPSRC Council
Parent organisation	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology UK Research and Innovation
Affiliations	RCUK, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC, TSB, UKSA
Budget	£898 million (2015–2016)[1]
Website	epsrc.ukri.org

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.