We’re delighted to welcome Dan Cole as ARIA’s first Chief Translation Officer. Dan will work across our programmes to shape the pathways, funding models and partnerships needed to turn breakthrough science into life-changing technologies and new industries.

☁️ Your June update: clouds, Star Trek, and live seed funding. Read the full piece now + subscribe: bit.ly/4aGCLW7

Meet the 11 teams we’re funding in Sustained Viral Resilience 💥 Backed by £57m, they’ll unlock a new class of medicines that provide durable, broad-spectrum protection against respiratory viruses by engineering the innate immune system. Read more: link.aria.org.uk/svr-creators-bs

What if crops could grow in the dark, with little or no reliance on photosynthesis? Ivan Jayapurna is exploring whether this question could form the basis of a future programme to unlock a new generation of vertical farming. Read our current thinking and share your thoughts: https://bit.ly/4b6zVJU

We’re hiring a Technical & Translational Lead for our Safeguarded AI programme. Help drive a £20m funding call using AI-enabled formal methods to build and red-team cyber defences for critical systems. Apply by 28 June: https://bit.ly/4xOM7ZK

North-East innovators: let’s talk breakthrough funding. Join us in Newcastle for ARIA x North-East: A conversation about ambitious R&D, overlooked opportunities, future Programme Directors, and how bold ideas can connect with breakthrough funding. Register: https://bit.ly/3QA9QvK

Introducing Mast-EER: a new Masters by Research at @exeter.ac.uk funded through our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space to develop interdisciplinary ecosystem researchers of the future. Apply by 31 July for a September start: https://ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-cohort/

We’re hiring a Science & Technology Lead to work with Claire Donoghue on ARIA’s Hypersensory Intelligence: Digital Olfaction programme — building an artificial “sense of smell” that matches or exceeds biology. Apply by 28 June 2026: https://bit.ly/4xAN1bW

Could thicker winter sea ice slow summer melt? As covered by The Guardian, we’re funding the Re-Thickening Arctic Sea Ice project to test whether accelerating natural freezing could help preserve Arctic sea ice longer — and whether it could be feasible, scalable and safe. https://bit.ly/4uF8kGC

How can advances in robot locomotion help solve real operational problems? We're sharing a programme thesis and inviting people to register their interest in our Robot Locomotion Discovery Workshop in York (30 June–1 July 2026). Thesis: https://bit.ly/4v6GNPB Workshop: https://bit.ly/49RUFEP

Meet our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience seed Creators 🌱 Backed by up to £500k, these projects span advanced ecosystem sensing, nature-based interventions, autonomous robots and molecular tools for conservation. Discover the teams: link.aria.org.uk/EER-seed-creators-BS

🌍From the Lab to the World On her 100th day as ARIA CEO, Kathleen reflects on what it takes to turn breakthrough science into real-world impact. Plus: neurotechnology, smarter robot bodies, funding opportunities, and frontier reads. Read more and subscribe: https://bit.ly/4fOb1lx

Seeking teams to test whether AI-enabled formal methods can make high-assurance cyber defense practical, at scale, through building production-grade software components backed by machine-checked proofs and validated through coordinated red-team exercises. https://bit.ly/49Wif30

We’re hiring a Science + Technology Lead in our Smarter Robot Bodies opportunity space to help shape a new programme exploring more efficient robot locomotion. We’re looking for a roboticist with expertise in robot locomotion. Apply before this Sunday (May 17). https://bit.ly/4dbssuL

Announcing our first cohort of Innovator Circles: high-trust peer groups to shape ideas at the frontier of science and tech. https://bit.ly/4eE24Lf

Breakthroughs don’t create impact on their own — systems do. That’s the role of our Activation Partners: unlocking ideas, empowering talent, and building pathways that move research into the real world. If you’re working on new models of science, entrepreneurship or AI: https://bit.ly/4c4ngXT

⏰ No time for stasis: using time as a design principle In our April update: - Funding, opportunities, and more - Why our Programme Directors are term-limited - New UK FROs: Echo Labs + Meridial - Moving research into real-world trials Read more: https://bit.ly/4tI3w3H

🚀 ARIA is looking for a partner to help deliver our R&D programmes and improve how we operate. Acting as an embedded extension of ARIA, you’ll support decision-making and delivery across the portfolio. 📅 Webinar 26 May: https://bit.ly/49k8Odt ⏰ Proposals due: 16 June: https://bit.ly/4d9oDWI

🚨 Final call: We’re looking for a communications & engagement partner to work alongside our team, bringing strong strategic and creative capabilities. Help us enhance ARIA’s visibility, strengthen our narrative, and amplify the impact of our programmes. ⏰ Deadline 1 May: https://bit.ly/4d9oDWI

🚀 We’re hiring Science & Technology Leads at ARIA Help shape bold, high-risk R&D at the frontier of science and tech. Opportunities: • Mathematics for Safe AI • Nature Computes Better • Trust Everything, Everywhere • Smarter Robot Bodies 👉 https://aria.pinpointhq.com/

AI can now describe images, compose music, and predict protein structures, but it still can’t smell. What if we could give machines a sense of smell, making the chemical world computationally legible?

We’re hiring a Chief Science & Technology Officer. A senior role mentoring Programme Directors, shaping technical culture, and helping scale bold, world-changing programmes. Looking for deep technical expertise, cross-domain thinking, and a track record of developing others. https://bit.ly/48fE6BU

🚀 Partners wanted for our Enduring Atmospheric Platforms programme. Seeking: • Test sites & infrastructure • Field testing support • IV&V Support teams to safely fly and pass the Final Exam: deliver 300W to a 20kg payload for a full week. Apply by 22 May 2026: https://bit.ly/4vCGs7S

Full proposals are now open for our Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies programme. Led by Jacques Carolan, we are investing £50m to develop a new class of neurotech – interfaces that reach the brain via the body’s natural pathways. Submit by 11 May: link.aria.org.uk/MSNx

⚒️ As ARIA continues to build operational maturity, we’re preparing to re-tender our Programmatic & Operational Support Partner contract – a core function embedded within our team. Join our pre-launch market briefing tomorrow at 11.30am to find out more. https://bit.ly/4sVDslf

Full proposals are now open for our Universal Fabricators programme. Backed by £50m, the programme will leverage breakthroughs in protein engineering + build a community that can harness proteins to produce a functionally universal range of materials at scale. Apply by 5 May: https://bit.ly/4uUMHDE

We’re hiring a Chief Translation Officer at ARIA. Help ensure breakthrough science translates into real-world impact — shaping partnerships, pathways, and how discoveries move beyond research. Apply by 3 May: https://bit.ly/3PMUVO8 Learn more about working at ARIA: https://aria.pinpointhq.com/

We’re hiring a Chief Financial Officer at ARIA. This role sits at the heart of how we operate — enabling ambitious, high-risk work while maintaining strong public accountability. Apply by 3 May 2026: https://bit.ly/4bYgSRT

Our call for Activation Partners cohort 2 is now live. 🚀 We're looking for 8-10 new partners to accelerate breakthrough science translation across the UK — with an expanded focus on advanced AI capabilities. Information webinar: https://bit.ly/4mmYmaJ Apply before 21 May: https://bit.ly/4c4ngXT

Full proposals are now open for our Accelerated Adaptation programme. Backed by £54m, the programme will explore pathways to make wild species more resilient to rapid environmental change. Apply by 1 May: https://link.aria.org.uk/AA-BS

Our March update is live🚀 Dive into for: - The latest from ARIA - A deep-dive into @normalcomputing.com's world-first thermodynamic computing chip - A Q&A with Philip Carella who is leading an opportunity seed project within our Programmable Plants opportunity space https://bit.ly/4rUjYw0

What does it take for AI agents to trust each other? Our Scaling Trust programme is tackling exactly that. At the centre is the Arena: An open competition platform testing multi-agent systems in real-world scenarios. We’re looking for a partner to help design and build it. https://bit.ly/4t88CFM

The search for ARIA’s next cohort of Programme Directors has begun 🚀 As a PD you will design and manage a ~£50M programme to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Applications open August 2026 for a May 2027 start - register your interest: https://bit.ly/418ltvy

We recently launched the Scaling Inference Lab – a testbed within our Scaling Compute programme for AI hardware technologies, prioritising rapid iteration, open collaboration, and long-term sustainability. Read more in @britishprogress.org: britishprogress.substack.com/p/post-haste...

Last week we were delighted to welcome the @aria-research.bsky.social #Synthetic #Plants team to the Earlham Institute and @johninnescentre.bsky.social to discuss the latest on our ARIA-funded project with @uommib.bsky.social, engineering synthetic plant chromosomes (synPACs).

Our February update is live. 🚀 Dive in for: - The latest news from ARIA - PD @yannickwurm.bsky.social on his Accelerated Adaptation programme - A Q&A with Samuele Marro – a Creator driving a pre-programme discovery project for Scaling Trust ariaresearch.substack.com/p/february-u...

In an expansion of our Scaling Compute programme, we’re dedicating £50m to the creation of the Scaling Inference Lab – an open AI testbed designed to increase the ability of startups to test new compute technologies with the goal to rapidly reduce cost. Learn more: link.aria.org.uk/SIL-bluesky

Today, we are launching a £50m programme – Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies – to decouple advanced brain therapies from complex surgery.

Could you help unlock a digital infrastructure layer between the Earth and space? Full proposals are open for our £50m-backed Enduring Atmospheric Platforms programme. Apply by 2 April: link.aria.org.uk/EAP-programm...

Building on the momentum from our first Activation Partners, we’re preparing to launch a call for 8-10 new partners to design activities that accelerate the pace and translation of breakthroughs with a key focus on AI applied to science. Discover our early thinking: link.aria.org.uk/AP_CN

Backed by £50m, our Universal Fabricators programme will leverage breakthroughs in protein engineering + build a new, interdisciplinary community that can harness proteins to produce a functionally universal range of materials at scale. Apply by 9 March + join our webinar: link.aria.org.uk/UF-BS

Humans are changing the environment faster than wild species can naturally adapt. Backed by £54m, our Accelerated Adaptation programme will explore pathways to make wild species more resilient to rapid environmental change. Submit concept papers by 6 March: link.aria.org.uk/AA-BS

AI agents are becoming more commonplace – but their inability to securely coordinate is stifling their potential. Backed by ~£50m, our Scaling Trust programme will create new trust infrastructure to move agents from solo operators to secure collaborators. Apply by 24 March: link.aria.org.uk/ST-BS

Our January update is live. Dive in to find the latest news, events and opportunities from our community – plus thoughts from our outgoing CEO @ilangur.bsky.social, a look at Fifty Years' 5050 UK programme, and more. ↓ ariaresearch.substack.com/p/january-up...

As Kathleen Fisher prepares to join us in February, dive into our incoming CEO’s track record of impact and reflections from those she’s worked with, to learn why she’s the right leader for ARIA's next phase. ↓ uk20.substack.com/p/a-short-bi...

Applications are now open for the third 5050 UK cohort – a 14-week programme from the world-leading deeptech company builder @fiftyyears.com – apply by 15 February: www.fiftyyears.com/5050

"To do things at the frontier, we've got to know what the frontier is." @ARIA_research CTO Ant discusses exploring the limits of AI Scientists across our newly announced portfolio in @technologyreview.com link.aria.org.uk/MITtechrevie...

Today the government announced new measures to attract exceptional talent to the UK, including new university scholarships for International Mathematical Olympiad gold medallists. (1/2)

Backed by £6 millionwe're supporting 12 projects to see if autonomous systems can reason, plan, and run experiments in the real world. Discover the projects: link.aria.org.uk/AIscifpbs

“A British bet worth watching." @evanhd.bsky.social explores the economics of our mission on BBC Radio 4 – roughly £5 per citizen to de-risk science with the potential to catalyse new trillion-pound industries. Listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...