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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

funding body for engineering and physical sciences research in the United Kingdom
Organization non_departmental_public_body Q5377871

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
non-departmental public body
Official website
www.epsrc.ac.uk, epsrc.ukri.org[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata https://epsrc.ukri.org/ ROR https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/ edition 2026-09-26 · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ↗
Short name
EPSRC[10]

Status and dates

Inception
1994[6]
Replaces
Science and Engineering Research Council[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Polaris House[5]
Country
United Kingdom[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Swindon[3]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Industry and activity

Field of work
computer science[1]

Relations

Member of
ORCID, Inc.[2]
Parent organization or unit
UK Research and Innovation[7]
More facts +2
Language used
English[11]
Social media followers
49k (43k–49k, n=3)[12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council en EPSRC ja 工学・物理科学研究会議 ja 工学・物理科学研究評議会 zh 工程与物理科学研究委员会 zh 工程与自然科学研究理事会 zh 工程和物理科学研究理事会 zh 英國工程及物理科學研究理事會 zh 英國工程和自然科學研究委員會
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ROR ID
0439y7842
ISNI
0000000403948681
VIAF cluster ID
159109934
Library of Congress authority ID
no2003081618
GND ID
5164381-9
OpenAlex ID
F4320334627as of 2026-10-11
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20261011 · as of 2026-10-11
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20261011 · version not recorded
GRID ID
grid.421091.f
Domain name
epsrc.ac.uk
Exact match
findthatcharity.uk
Freebase ID
/m/07qq9s
IATI organisation ID
GB-COH-RC000708
IdRef ID
094852499
Show all 27 identifiers +15
KISTI ID
K000215585
Linked Open Data Cloud ID
rkb-explorer-epsrc
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1299528221
NL CR AUT ID
ko2008481016
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007382079405171
Open Funder Registry funder ID
501100000266
Quora topic ID
Engineering-and-Physical-Sciences-Research-Council
Ringgold ID
15587
Scilit organization ID
13480
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
17677
Wellcome Collection concept ID
r7xfy2th
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID
epsrc
X (Twitter) username
epsrc, EPSRC
Yale LUX ID
group/4e1a3c4d-e44e-4c19-9711-7af1d46d3334
YouTube channel ID
UC7sSuZ0K6pfZAihUxFUDO8Q
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🔗 Connections
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . orcid.org. orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en']
    GND ID → 5164381-9
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17w ago · Gwirex · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → ORCID, Inc.
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EPSRC'}
    NL CR AUT ID → ko2008481016
    Domain name → epsrc.ac.uk
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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