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ARIA – Advanced Research + Invention Agency
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ARIA is the UK's Advanced Research + Invention Agency, a high-risk R&D funder with an explicit 'Mathematics for Safe AI' opportunity space, making it directly relevant to AI safety governance and research funding in the UK.
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ARIA is a UK government R&D funding agency modeled on ARPA-style high-risk, high-reward research. It funds breakthrough science and technology across multiple opportunity spaces, including 'Mathematics for Safe AI' and 'Trust Everything, Everywhere,' with programmes on scalable neurotechnologies, AI inference scaling, and more. It empowers Programme Directors with significant autonomy to pursue transformative research.
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- •ARIA is a UK ARPA-style agency funding high-risk scientific and technological breakthroughs with significant social and economic potential.
- •Has an explicit 'Mathematics for Safe AI' opportunity space, directly relevant to AI safety research funding.
- •Active programmes include Scaling Inference Lab, Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies, and a Scaling Trust Arena.
- •Offers £100m call for Activation Partners to design and run activities across opportunity spaces, including AI capabilities applications.
- •Programme Directors have significant autonomy; third cohort applications open August 2026 for May 2027 start.
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Empowering scientists to reach for the edge of the possible
Scroll to get to know ARIA ARIA is a UK R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone.
Society’s most important advances have stemmed from those willing to think differently about what might be possible.
The Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) empowers scientists and engineers, from our Programme Directors to the teams we fund, with the resources and freedom to pursue breakthroughs at the edge of the possible.
Many will fail to meet their target, but their efforts will inspire the next generation. Those that do succeed will generate massive social and economic returns.
Discover more about ARIA The latest from ARIA
02 April 2026 Universal Fabricators
We are now accepting applications for full proposals
Discover more 01 April 2026 Become an Activation Partner
We've launched a £100m call to recruit up to 10 new Activation Partners
Discover more 01 April 2026 Accelerated Adaptation
Applications for full proposals are now open
Discover more 26 March 2026 The Scaling Trust Arena
Learn more about the request for proposals and submit your application
Discover more 26 February 2026 Scaling Inference Lab
Find out how we're expanding the Scaling Compute programme
Discover more 24 February 2026 Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies
Dive into our latest programme and learn more about funding
Discover more Join our third cohort of Programme Directors
Applications for our third cohort of Programme Directors will open in August 2026 for a May 2027 start date. Learn more about what we're looking for and register your interest so you can be the first to hear updates on the application process.
Find out more Opportunity spaces
Defined by our Programme Directors, ARIA opportunity spaces are highly consequential for society; under-explored relative to their potential impact; and ripe for new talent, perspectives, or resources to change what’s possible. Each opportunity space represents fertile ground we'll harvest for technical breakthroughs through programme and seed funding.
Discover our opportunity spaces below:
Scoping Our Planet
Future Proofing Our Climate and Weather
Programmable Plants
Engineering Ecosystem Resilience
Manufacturing Abundance
Smarter Robot Bodies
Extending Our Perception
Nature Computes Better
Mathematics for Safe AI
Trust Everything, Everywhere
Collective Flourishing
Scalable Neural Interfaces
Bioenergetic Engineering
Sculpting Innate Immunity
Scoping Our Planet
Programme: Enduring Atmospheric Platforms
Programme: Forecasting Tipping Points
Understanding the Earth system is limited by serious measurement gaps that lead to significant uncertainties in predictions. What if we could cultivate frontier technologies, from measurement platforms to AI models, to generate actionable knowledge that
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