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Apply to become an ARIA Programme Director! 🚀 We’re looking for scientific and technical experts with bold ideas that could change the world.
Early bird deadline is 23 September, final deadline on 7 October. Head to our site to learn more + sign up for our upcoming webinars:
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Here we go 💥 We’re so excited to introduce ARIA’s first cohort of Programme Directors.
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This is t=0. The experiment is just beginning.
Follow us for updates.
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Take your place in history.
Apply now to be an ARIA Programme Director >
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Scientists/technologists/researchers: Where and how can ARIA have the biggest impact?
Tell us and help shape our vision by signing up at to host a roundtable attended by our CEO
@ilangur
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We are optimists.
A future of flourishing humans with astonishing capabilities on a thriving planet is within our reach.
Hear more from
@ilangur
&
@matthewclifford
:
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📣Call for proposals!
Imagine a world where AI powers scientific breakthroughs, growth + prosperity – all with guaranteed safety measures.
Our latest programme, Safeguarded AI, led by Programme Director
@davidad
is now live. Learn more about how we plan to get there here👇 1/3
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Progress depends on those with the courage to reach beyond the probable to the limits of the possible.
We are here to empower them.
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Programme Director, Suraj, has formulated our first programme thesis.⚡ By challenging key tenets underpinning digital computing infrastructure, his programme will aim to reduce the cost of AI compute hardware + alleviate dependence on bleeding-edge chip manufacturing.
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🚨ARIA opportunities seeds are now live 🚨We’re looking to back ambitious researchers with consensus-shifting ideas that fall between the cracks of traditional funding mechanisms. More on our first call: Nature Computes Better 👇
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📣 Call for proposals!
Our first funded programme is now live — Scaling Compute: AI at 1/1000th the cost.
Hear more from PD Suraj Bramhavar on how we aim to radically reduce the cost + energy consumption of compute hardware, and open new avenues to reap the benefits of AI 👇
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Introducing…
@davidad
. Davidad is exploring how to leverage AI to accelerate mathematical modelling across health, engineering, + the sciences
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🧠ARIA PD
@JacquesCarolan
has released his opportunity space “Precisely interfacing with the human brain at scale”. He’s exploring how to build targeted, minimally invasive tools to better understand and treat disorders of the brain and looking for feedback.
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We’re excited to share two new developments in our Safeguarded AI programme. 🧵 1/5
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Our latest opportunity space, Programmable Plants from
@AngelaClaireW
, looks at what scientific research is required to accelerate agricultural innovation, and how new plants could help tackle food insecurity + environmental degradation 🌳 🌲
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🤝 Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio has joined us as the programme’s Scientific Director. In this role, he’ll provide scientific + strategic advice across the programme to PD
@davidad
and our R&D Creators. 2/5
Read more:
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Can we build safety guarantees for AI systems, as we do for critical infrastructure? ⚒️
In his programme thesis,
@davidad
sets out a pathway for leveraging AI technology to build a verified ‘gatekeeper’, capable of understanding + reducing the safety risks of AI agents 🚧
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Can we unite the frontiers of engineered biology and hardware to detect + treat brain disorders? 🧠
In our latest programme thesis,
@JacquesCarolan
sets out a vision for next-gen tech to interface with the brain at the circuit level👇1/2
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📣 Call for proposals!
We’re accepting funding applications for two new programmes – Robot Dexterity and Precision Neurotechnologies. Find out more and apply below 👇
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Suspend your disbelief.
Change the course of human progress.
Apply now to be an ARIA Programme Director >
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Another exciting development at ARIA:
@jcaread
has published her opportunity space! Jenny is exploring how we can improve robotics hardware to unlock the transformative benefits of intelligent machines 🤖
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Our Precision Neurotechnologies programme will direct £69m in funding to unite the frontiers of engineered biology + hardware and build platform technologies capable of tackling a host of complex brain disorders.
Concept papers are due 29 July. Apply now:
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We’re launching our first programme funding call tomorrow 🚀
Check back here for more info…
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If you could direct £50m to drive a bold and focused scientific or technical step-change in human progress, what would you do? *
Reply + tell us, then apply >
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We’re launching three climate programmes in early September
To support these programmes + advance knowledge in each of these fields, we’ll need new multidisciplinary teams to come together:
+ Share your expertise + capabilities you’re looking for
+ We’ll help you connect with
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Can you help us challenge the notion that quantitative AI safety guarantees are impossible?
The first funding call for our latest programme ‘Safeguarded AI’ is open.
Hear more from PD
@davidad
below and apply by 28 May (12:00 BST):
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We've been quietly shaping the founding vision for ARIA & we're ready to recruit our founding team. These vital roles will support our first generation of programme directors.
We’re hiring:
Chief of Staff
Chief Engagement Officer
Product Director
Apply>
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We’re excited to announce our first community partnership with
@RAEngNews
and to have Hayaatun Sillem on board as a founding advisor.
Our collaboration will empower scientific, technical + engineering talent, drive diversity, and strengthen connectivity in our R&I enterprise.
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“How you fund science shapes how you do science.”
We sat down with
@Nature
to share how we’re empowering researchers with the freedom to explore new ideas, pivot quickly, and push the frontiers of science to change the world. Read it below ↓
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Can we advance transformative AI safely using scientific world-models and mathematical proofs? Check out the link below to read Programme Director
@davidad
's opportunity space and sign up to hear when his programme thesis goes live (P.S it's soon!) 👀
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📢 Call for Activation Partners 📢
We're looking for highly ambitious and translation-focused Activation Partners to help us catalyse entrepreneurial talent and venture creation across our opportunity spaces.👇
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We’re excited to announce our seed funding recipients for the Nature Computes Better opportunity space.
Designed to open up new research paths, seeds are small but powerful ways we empower ambitious researchers to pursue research that might otherwise fall through the cracks. 1/4
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Work with
@davidad
on to unlock a safe AI system that could scale to deliver transformative impact:
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⏰ Coming soon!
Next week, we’ll launch our second programme: Safeguarded AI.
Led by PD
@davidad
, this programme will pursue an under-explored approach to formally verify the safety of AI systems.
Get ahead and read the programme thesis now:
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Our latest programme thesis, ‘Forecasting Tipping Points’ led by PDs
@GemmaBale
and
@SarahBohndiek
, sets out a vision for developing an early warning system to predict when a climate system will tip, the potential consequences, and over what timescales they will unfold. 1/4
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Solve the problem you're obsessed with.
Drive change on a global scale.
Apply now to be an ARIA Programme Director >
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We're designed to bet on the judgement and vision of scientific/technical leaders.
Last month, we sat down with
@worksinprogmag
to talk about our unique operating model and focus on long-term impact >
We've released our first in-house documentary. It's called Aria: Betting on science
It's an inside scoop on
@ARIA_research
, the new £800m science funding agency which just launched in the UK.
Watch it here:
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Find out more about what our PDs are working on here:
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Our open call for roundtables is now closed, but our interest in your incredible ideas doesn’t end here.
If you’ve submitted a proposal: an enormous thank you. We’ll be reviewing all submissions and contacting hosts directly over the next few weeks.
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We’re thrilled to introduce you to
@jcaread
. Trained as a physicist, Jenny has been studying the brains of insects to understand how they see and move. Now she’s eager to explore how to radically enhance robotics, could inspiration from biology help?
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Imagine you're an ARIA Programme Director, progressing your vision for transformative change.
Who are the three experts you'd bring in to help develop your concept?
Tag them in the comments >
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We're backing people, then projects.
ARIA is designed to tackle some of society's great problems. But where should we start?
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“There is an opportunity and imperative to take advantage of the richness of the UK ecosystem to change the world.”
ARIA CEO
@ilangur
, in conversation with
@GoogleDeepMind
COO Lila Ibrahim, on reimagining scientific discovery.
@LDNTechWeek
#LTW
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We know we don’t have all the answers.
We want to collaborate with, amplify and leverage the existing strengths of our science and technology ecosystem.
You can help to shape our vision by hosting a roundtable attended by our CEO
@ilangur
.
Sign up at .
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We’re hiring our first Partnerships Lead! 🚀
Do you want to build our partnerships function from the ground up and help connect our research with academia, government & industry?
Apply by Saturday 13 July here👇
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Tomorrow we’re launching our new programme: Safeguarded AI
Check back here in the morning to find out all about it 👀
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Funding opportunities are live for our new programme, Exploring Climate Cooling.
Find out more about the programme, what we’re shooting for, and our approach to responsible + effective governance here:
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🚀 We’ll soon be recruiting for our next cohort of Programme Directors. If you’re deeply technical, have experience taking a vision from idea to execution + can see opportunity where others wouldn’t, register👇
Applications open Sept ‘24, for a ‘25 start.
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Our Precision Neurotechnologies programme is now accepting full proposals.
Submit your application by Monday 9 September [12:00 BST]:
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Great to see ARIA Programme Director
@davidad
join the
#AISafetySummit
. At ARIA, he’s exploring how mathematics + modelling can support safer *and* more transformative AI. Check out his opportunity space + sign up for updates
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🌎 Could optics transform our response to the climate crisis?
Our latest opportunity space, Scoping Our Planet from
@GemmaBale
+
@SarahBohndiek
, explores how to harness advances in optics + photonics to improve climate predictions + spot early signs of extreme weather events.
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Huge congratulations to our Chair,
@matthewclifford
!✨
Great honour to be awarded a CBE by the King today for services to AI. Getting the Summit and AI Safety Institute off the ground has been a huge collective effort; I’m so grateful to the incredible team that made them happen (and congrats to
@demishassabis
and
@soundboy
!)
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Round two of the ‘Nature Computes Better’ opportunity seed funding call is open 🚀
If you have a bold idea that could challenge assumptions, open up new research paths, or provide steps towards new capabilities – then we’d like to hear from you:
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Our open call for ARIA Programme Directors is now closed.
Your response has been incredible. To everyone that applied, encouraged someone else to, + amplified - thank you.
We’ll be going quiet for a while. Programme Director applicants - we’ll be in touch.
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We’re a small group of optimists working intensely and collaboratively to push the limits of the possible. Sounds like fun? Join us.
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Meet Suraj 👋 Suraj is exploring thermodynamic computing. We know that nature computes better, can we catch up?
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We'll be hosting a Q&A session for prospective Programme Director candidates on 23.02.23.
Sign up to attend >
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Due to high demand, we're hosting an additional Q&A session for prospective Programme Director candidates next week.
Sign up to attend on 03.03.23 >
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"There’s a reason ARIA is being tasked with tackling these 'moonshot’ technologies."
Read more about Programme Director Suraj Bramhavar's efforts to redefine the current compute paradigm in
@thetimes
👇
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We are looking for a partner to help us design and deliver a R&D challenge prize!
This will involve working on:
- a framework for how prizes can work at ARIA
- a specific prize in our robotics programme, led by
@jcaread
Find out more:
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+ congratulations to our advisor,
@demishassabis
👏
Delighted and honoured to receive a Knighthood for services to AI. It’s been an incredible journey so far building
@GoogleDeepMind
over the past 15 years, helping accelerate the field and grow the UK & global AI ecosystems. Thanks to everyone who helped make this dream possible!
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📣 Call for proposals!
Funding opportunities are live for our two new programmes: Forecasting Tipping Points and Synthetic Plants.
Find out more and apply below 👇
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🌱 New call for opportunity seed funding 🌱
We’re funding high-potential ideas that align with or challenge the assumptions within our opportunity space: ‘Scoping Our Planet’. 1/3
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Our first programme funding call will be going live in two weeks.
Ahead of the launch, we’re taking a look at what an ARIA programme is and how they get developed 🔎
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If you could direct £50m to drive a bold and focused scientific/technical step-change in human progress, what would you do?
It's your last chance to tell us.
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The most important thing we'll do this year is find an extraordinary, diverse cohort of founding Programme Directors.
This group will be drawn from different fields, industries and walks of life.
We've put in measures to encourage diverse applications including:
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🧠Brain disorders have a huge social + economic impact – x3 that of heart disease. We’re aiming to build new precision neurotechnologies to interact with the central nervous system at the circuit level – where many complex disorders occur. Apply here:
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The programme’s first funding call, within TA1, will focus on developing languages that people + AI systems can use to specify, verify, and control the behaviour of AIs against formal requirements in uncertain environments.
Read more and apply here: 3/3
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Excited
@JacquesCarolan
is part of our first cohort of Programme Directors to imagine new ways to interface with the human nervous system to non-invasively provide neuropsychiatric treatment. Find out more here:
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We're running the most open call of its kind to recruit for our founding team of ARIA Programme Directors.
So, who are we looking for?
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We’ll soon be introducing our first R&D Creators – the researchers who'll carry out ARIA-funded R&D👀
Learn more👇
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Our Programme Directors met with
@michelledonelan
earlier this week to discuss all things ARIA, their opportunity spaces, + how they’re catalysing under-explored areas of research for the UK R&D community 💥
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When worlds collide..
@SarahBohndiek
met
@Gemmabale
through our recruitment process and decided to apply as co-PDs. Meet Sarah 👋
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Whether you’re a non-profit, a fellowship programme, a deeptech investor, an accelerator (or something else!), find out more + apply:
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Our latest programme thesis – Synthetic Plants for a Sustainable Future, led by
@Angie_C_Burnett
– sets out a vision for unlocking new plant capabilities to meet the future needs of humankind, in the face of a changing climate. 1/4
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@davidad
📣 We’re opening up an initial £5.4M funding call for Technical Area 3, which aims to prove that our approach presents a viable pathway for improving the safety + performance of AI used in business - and safety-critical applications 3/4
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Could a paradigm shift in robotics hardware boost economic productivity + address the labour challenges of tomorrow?
In her new thesis, Robotic Dexterity, ARIA PD
@jcaread
sets out to understand how we can improve the dexterity of robots in complex + challenging environments 🦾
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🌱 Opportunity seed funding now live 🌱
We’re looking to fund standalone, high-potential projects in our Smarter Robot Bodies opportunity space with up to £500k each. 1/2
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📢 We’re now accepting full-length proposals for our programme: ‘Scaling Compute: AI at 1/1000th the cost’.
We’re looking to invest £42 million into multi-disciplinary R&D projects that can help us create new technological options for the infrastructure supporting AI systems.
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“ARIA can give a first signal of belief, sending up a flare to say 'there is something here worth shooting for.' If we can de-risk something for other parts of the ecosystem to then jump in, that’s very valuable.”
Our CPO
@pippyjames
on financing moonshots
#HelloTomorrow
🚀
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After 15 years focusing on sustainable fuels, ARIA PD
@mdsymes
is now exploring creating a new scientific framework to underpin technologies designed to avoid climate tipping points + extreme weather events, in parallel with the urgent drive towards net zero 👇
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We just launched our latest programme thesis, setting out a vision for next-gen precision neurotechnologies to interface with the brain at the circuit level.
We’re now looking for a Technical Specialist to work with
@JacquesCarolan
across this upcoming programme.
Read more👇1/2
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Are you excited about creating new possibilities in science + tech?
Do you want to leave your mark on the world?
We're hiring for ~10 people (comms, ops, strategy, finance, legal, HR) to join our founding team.
Find out more + build ARIA with us >
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On 10 July we’ll launch funding calls for our new programmes: ‘Robot Dexterity’ and ‘Precision Neurotechnologies’. Stay tuned to find out more 🦾🧠.
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Wondering where you will be based as an ARIA Programme Director?
As an ARIA PD, you'll spend a chunk of time each month at ARIA's HQ in London - giving you time to connect with your peer group of founding PDs and to draw on advice from our leadership and technical teams.
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Last week, we hosted a Q&A to answer your questions about the ARIA Programme Director role.
In case you missed it, we're sharing a few of the things you wanted to know here - over the next few days.
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In this first phase, we’re looking to elicit requirements, source datasets, and establish evaluation benchmarks for relevant cyber-physical domains, such as electricity grids, clinical trials, or telecommunications networks 4/5
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Our latest programme thesis is live.
'Exploring Options for Actively Cooling the Earth' sets out to explore what research is required to better understand approaches that could be used to delay/avert dangerous climate tipping points. 1/5
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Can you help us build robotic manipulators with unprecedented dexterity?
Hear more from PD
@jcaread
on our new programme, Robot Dexterity, and submit your concept paper by 24 July [12:00 BST]:
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What will be the most exciting part of the ARIA Programme Director experience?
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Landing soon: instructions for hosting a roundtable attended by our CEO.
Sign up to get involved
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Your response to our roundtable open call has been immense: an illustration of the wild and ambitious areas ARIA can turn its attention to.
There’s still time to take part.
Head to and sign up to shape our vision.
Submissions close: noon, 30.09.22
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There’s no formula for breakthroughs.
To maximise our chances, we're taking an integrated approach to funding within our opportunity spaces:
🎯Programmes drive towards specific goals defined by our Programme Directors
🔍Opportunity seeds fund high-potential exploratory research
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