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Advanced Research Invention Agency (ARIA)

Advanced Research Invention Agency (ARIA)

£10,000 to £500,000 per project; annual cycle with multiple call windows.

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Multiple calls close 27–31 July 2026; rolling call pausing after 31 July 2026.

AMOUNT

£10,000 to £500,000 per project; annual cycle with multiple call windows.

AMOUNT

£10,000 to £500,000 per project; annual cycle with multiple call windows.

DEADLINE

Multiple calls close 27–31 July 2026; rolling call pausing after 31 July 2026.

DEADLINE

Multiple calls close 27–31 July 2026; rolling call pausing after 31 July 2026.

FUNDING TYPE

Grant

CAN YOU GET THIS?

You need to be pursuing early-stage, high-risk research in one of ARIA's defined opportunity spaces.

You need to be pursuing early-stage, high-risk research in one of ARIA's defined opportunity spaces.

ARIA funds through specific named programmes and open seed calls — you must apply to a live call within an active opportunity space. Current open calls cover climate adaptation, cyber-physical trust infrastructure, AI safety mathematics, planetary science, and neural interfaces.

ARIA funds through specific named programmes and open seed calls — you must apply to a live call within an active opportunity space. Current open calls cover climate adaptation, cyber-physical trust infrastructure, AI safety mathematics, planetary science, and neural interfaces.

YOUR REAL ODDS

Competitive: ARIA is selective by design, funding teams willing to pursue ideas that may fail.

ARIA explicitly expects many funded projects not to meet their targets — they back high-risk, high-reward work. Each open call is time-limited and space-specific, so your odds depend entirely on which call you apply to and how well your proposal fits the technical constraints of that programme.

WHAT IT TAKES

  1. Check which opportunity spaces and calls are currently open on aria.org.uk — 30 minutes

  2. Read the specific call for proposals to understand technical constraints and scope — 1–2 hours

  3. Prepare and submit your opportunity seed proposal before the relevant deadline — Days to weeks depending on proposal complexity

WORTH KNOWING

ARIA also runs a rolling seed call across selected opportunity spaces (currently Mathematics for Safe AI, Scoping Our Planet, Scalable Neural Interfaces), but this rolling call is being temporarily paused after 31 July 2026 — if you fit those spaces, apply before that date.

Apply on the funder’s site →

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