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
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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/
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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
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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...
Programme director Angie Burnett with Earlham Biofoundry Manager Carolina Grandellis
ARIA Technical Specialist Fabrizio Ticchiarelli-Marjot with Lucy Heap from the Cai Lab at Manchester Institute for Biotechnology.
Dr Grandellis demonstrates automation platforms in the Earlham Biofoundry
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...
We're also looking for a Technical Specialist in Scaling Compute. Specialising in AI hardware systems, you'll work with the Programme Director to shape and deliver a bold programme of research aimed at reducing the cost of AI hardware by 1000x.
Apply by 15 March: aria.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
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
Led by Jacques Carolan, this initiative seeks to reach the central nervous system through the body’s natural pathways, aiming for a system deployable in under 30 minutes.
Share your concept papers with us by March 17
Learn more here: link.aria.org.uk/9cc719MSNbs
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...
As part of these scholarships, ARIA will coordinate internships, connecting scholars with ARIA Creators and world-leading research teams, startups and labs across our network: www.gov.uk/government/n... (2/2)
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)