Meet the 11 teams we’re backing in Universal Fabricators. They’ll develop scalable processes that use proteins to assemble inorganic and composite materials, from optical fibres to magnets.

Find out more here: link.aria.org.uk/UF-Creators

With the capability to coordinate securely, AI agents could act reliably on our behalf, unlocking a whole range of interactions that were previously inaccessible.

Meet the first teams we’re backing to build the open-source tools to make it happen:
https://link.aria.org.uk/ST-Creators

Applications to become an ARIA Programme Director close on Monday, 28 September.

If you have a vision for how science and technology can change the world – and the conviction to pursue it – we want to hear from you.

Don’t miss out – apply now: aria.org.uk/become-a-programme-director

AI-enabled cyber attacks are getting faster + going further. But what if AI-enabled formal methods could make high-assurance cyber defence practical at unprecedented speed + scale? We’re funding eight teams with £22m to test that idea. Meet them here: link.aria.org.uk/SAI-TA2-Crea...

Big ideas need more than funding.

Today, five new Activation Partners join ARIA, bringing engineering, AI for Science and translation capabilities into our opportunity spaces. Meet Adaptyv Bio, Open Athena, Newlab, Edinburgh Genome Foundry and BioInnovation Institute: https://bit.ly/4cSxz2u

From new techniques to protect trees and amphibians from disease, to governance approaches for novel ecological interventions, meet the teams who are exploring how we can expand our conservation toolkit as part of our Accelerated Adaptation programme: link.aria.org.uk/AA-Creators

We are now accepting concept papers for the second phase of our Forecasting Tipping Points programme, which is looking to build on understanding of the science of climate tipping points towards a usable early warning system for the North Atlantic.

Apply by 9 October: link.aria.org.uk/FTP-funding

Ahead of announcing our new Activation Partners next week, we’re reflecting on what our founding cohort has made possible.

Nine partners. New tools, talent pathways, ventures, institutions and communities — all helping ambitious R&D move.

Watch the video and find out more: https://bit.ly/3UVw2m3

Meet the 18 R&D Creator teams we’re backing with £70m to develop aircraft that could deliver connectivity from the stratosphere.

From rotorcraft to power beaming and gravity-wave soaring, they’re aiming to keep communications payloads aloft above the UK for a week.

https://bit.ly/4rf2SKz

Two years ago, we set out to help new AI-compute systems make it from the bench to real workloads.

Read the story of Scaling Compute: https://bit.ly/4gLROkL

We’re now hiring a Director for the Scaling Inference Lab to lead its next phase. Apply: https://bit.ly/46OG8HT

Meet the 19 teams we’re funding in Precision Mitochondria. They’ll work on developing a genetic toolbox to make mitochondria programmable for the first time, empowering scientists to robustly investigate the link between mitochondrial health + disease.

Find out more here: link.aria.org.uk/jz4

Applications are now open to become a Programme Director, and we’re sharing some of the ideas you may find percolating around the ARIA office that are exciting us.

These aren't fully-baked concepts, but intended to spark your ambition.

Explore more on our website: link.aria.org.uk/PDC3-sparks

Could machines learn to smell? 👃

In our August update:
→ Building a digital sense of smell
→ Frontier AI meets 160+ ARIA Creators
→ Student rockets take climate sensors skywards
→ New funding + Programme Director opportunities

Read more: https://bit.ly/4zGP3bM