Materials & Manufacturing

Creating new materials and manufacturing processes

#2 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £120 per person in the UK

Funded awards

13,238

Published funding

£8.1B

Average published award

£844K

Active funded awards

1,706

NIHR-supported projects

Amounts are published for 9,555 of 13,238 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

EPSRC funds the most Materials & Manufacturing research — 5,442 grants (41% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 1,106 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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Funder	Funded awards
EPSRC	5,442
InnovateUK	4,715
UKRI	1,350
EC	1,047
NERC	203
BBSRC	186
STFC	177
AHRC	37
ESRC	25
MRC	21

Funded Awards by Year

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Year	Funded awards
2006	295
2007	293
2008	279
2009	271
2010	247
2011	296
2012	404
2013	673
2014	635
2015	932
2016	789
2017	1,023
2018	807
2019	821
2020	1,106
2021	856
2022	1,033
2023	1,058
2024	923
2025	415

Grants


Sir Henry Royce Institute - Manchester and NNL Equipment	University of Manchester	EPSRC	£51.0M	2016	Completed
MAPP: EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes	University of Sheffield	EPSRC	£10.7M	2016	Completed
LightForm: Embedding Materials Engineering in Manufacturing with Light Alloys	University of Manchester	EPSRC	£4.8M	2017	Completed
Aluminium Matrix Composite Materials for Vehicle Weight Reduction - Technology Refinement and Production Readiness	Alvant Limited	InnovateUK	£1.8M	2013	Completed
Sustainable Additive Manufacturing	Cranfield University	EPSRC	£1.7M	2022	Completed
SAMULET; Project 4: Project 4.3.1: UFG Ti-6Al-4V for Low Temperature/High Productivity DB/SPF and Project 4.3.2: Hot-Die Forging of Titanium Alloys	University of Strathclyde	EPSRC	£1.6M	2010	Completed
Power ultrasound as a generic tool for micro/nanoscale processing of materials	Innovative Technology and Science Limited	InnovateUK	£1.6M	2017	Completed
Germanium Manufacturing on Sapphire/Alumina (GEMS)	Queen's University Belfast	EPSRC	£1.5M	2007	Completed
EXHUME - Efficient X-sector use of HeterogeneoUs MatErials in Manufacturing	University of Birmingham	EPSRC	£1.4M	2013	Completed
NDT for high-value manufacturing of composites	University of Bristol	EPSRC	£1.3M	2013	Completed
Towards tURbine Blade production with zero waste (TURBO)	Ncc Operations Limited	UKRI	£1.2M	2022	Active
Direct Chill Rheocasting of Novel High Performance Aluminium Alloys	Innoval Technology Limited	InnovateUK	£1.0M	2006	Completed
Aluminium Matrix Composite Materials for vehicle Weight Reduction	Jaguar Land Rover Limited	InnovateUK	£901K	2010	Completed
Additive Manufacturing: driving the Steel Industry into the digital age (AM-Steel)	Globus Metal Powders LTD	UKRI	£857K	2021	Completed
Additive Manufacturing of Precious Metals with Improved Resilience and Multi Functionality	University of Birmingham	EPSRC	£624K	2024	Active
Bcc-superalloys: Engineering Resilience to Extreme Environments	University of Birmingham	UKRI	£594K	2025	Active
OptAM: Optimisation of superalloys for additive manufacture using computational methods	Alloyed Limited	InnovateUK	£566K	2018	Completed
"Nano-Reinforced Coatings with Improved Thermomechanical Properties-Steel Sector Application "	Monitor Coatings Limited	InnovateUK	£565K	2019	Completed
Process Control System for Steel Fibre Production Using Melt Overflow	Fibre Technology LTD	InnovateUK	£533K	2017	Completed
Alloys By Design - A Materials Modelling Approach	University of Birmingham	EPSRC	£506K	2006	Completed

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