Opportunities for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
Funding
£10,000 – £10,000,000
Applications
Open until 17 January 2028
ARIA funds breakthrough research and development projects that could create major scientific advances. You can get between £10,000 and £10 million for your project. This funding is for unexplored research areas that could benefit everyone. ARIA looks for people willing to think differently about what might be possible. The deadline is 17 January 2028. This is UK-wide funding from a government agency. You need to show your project could lead to important breakthroughs. The funding covers a very wide range from small to very large projects.
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Society’s most important advances have stemmed from those willing to think differently about what might be possible. ARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Created by an Act of Parliament, and sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, ARIA funds breakthrough R&D in under explored areas to catalyse new paths to prosperity for the UK and the world.
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