The Medical Research Council is one of the largest funders of medical research in the UK.

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is the UK's principal funder of basic and strategic biological research, investing around £336 million per year in the biosciences.

The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council is the main UK government agency funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing around £500 million a year in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.

The Economic & Social Research Council is the UK's leading agency funding research and training in social and economic issues with an annual budget of over £90 million.

Research Councils UK is a strategic partnership the UK’s eight Research Councils, which invest around £2.8 billion in research each year covering the full spectrum of academic disciplines from the medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry and engineering, social sciences, economics, and the arts and humanities.