Funding

Programme Funding

Enduring Atmospheric Platforms: Request for Proposals

This programme is a 3.5-year effort focused on technical de-risking for low-cost, long-endurance aircraft that enable scalable high-altitude communications. To support the researchers and organisations funded by ARIA in bringing these breakthrough ideas to life, we are seeking proposals for segregated testing space, platform guidance, and validation.

Programme Funding

Massively Scalable Neural Technologies: TA1 Full proposals

This £50m programme seeks new ways to deliver responsive neurotechnologies to the brain without brain surgery – leveraging routes such as the vasculature, intrathecal and intranasal pathways, or entirely new access paradigms. We believe that some of the most radical solutions to this delivery challenge may come from researchers who do not traditionally consider themselves neurotechnologists. So whether you are a synthetic biologist developing engineered cells or a biotechnologist developing new vectors to access the brain – we want to hear from you.

Programme Funding

Universal Fabricators: Full proposals

This £50m programme aims to develop scalable processes that use proteins to template the assembly of inorganic and composite materials, with structures that currently cannot be mass manufactured. We are now inviting proposals for TA1 from teams working across fields like – but not limited to – molecular biology, synthetic biology, materials science, bioinformatics, and engineering.

Activation Partners: Request for Proposals

We've launched a £100m call to recruit up to 10 new Activation Partners to design and run bespoke activities across our opportunity spaces. Alongside science translation, we’re expanding our scope, drawing on insights from our AI Scientist initiative to apply advanced AI capabilities – from AI for Science models to autonomous labs – to our funded-R&D.

Programme Funding

Accelerated Adaption: Full proposals

This ~£54m programme will explore potential pathways to accelerate the adaptation of wild species in order to prevent biodiversity loss and secure the natural infrastructure that underpins our global economy and human health. Alongside technical research, the programme will explore the ethical and governance implications of potential interventions from the outset. We're now inviting proposals from teams working across fields like ecology, evolution, biological engineering, conservation, ethics, robotics, and AI.

Opportunity Seed

Rolling opportunity seeds

We’ve launched a rolling call for opportunity seed proposals across selected opportunity spaces. Building on our previous funding calls, this experimental approach will help us refine future calls. Projects can receive up to £500k each. Please note that not all opportunity spaces are included, and the selection may change over time. We recommend checking the call for proposals to confirm which spaces are currently active. Additionally, we may launch fixed-period calls for opportunity seed proposals outside of the rolling seed process.