ARIA UK opens Programme Director applications for climate & sustainability research

Summary

ARIA (UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency) is recruiting Programme Directors across seven climate and sustainability-focused opportunity spaces, with applications opening 17 August 2024 for a May 2027 start. This signals upcoming research funding and partnership opportunities in climate adaptation, sustainable manufacturing, and resilient ecosystems.

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“Applications for our third cohort of Programme Directors will be open 17 August - 28 September for a May 2027 start date. Learn more about what we're looking for and register your interest.”

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ARIA's opportunity spaces are the frontiers where we believe transformational breakthroughs are possible. They're our strategic visions of the future: areas of unmet opportunity where we believe new capabilities will most benefit humanity and where ambitious research could fundamentally change what becomes possible.
Each opportunity space is highly interdisciplinary – spanning multiple disciplines and potential applications in new ways. Together, they form our framework for discovering and exploring new ideas – from guiding the development of our programmes all the way through to funding researchers to unlock these visions and build the future.
Programmes:
Sustained Viral Resilience
Precision Mitochondria
Programmable Physiology
Many intractable diseases arise from dysregulation across interacting biological systems, not single points of failure. We could revolutionise medicine by developing technologies that allow us to read, model, and modulate human biology at systems scale.
Programmes:
Precision Neurotechnologies
Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies
Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders have overwhelming societal and economic impacts. We can build highly targeted, minimally invasive technologies that enable us to interface, at scale, with the human brain to understand and treat these conditions.
Programmes:
Scaling Trust
Safeguarded AI
Trust is becoming the bottleneck to collective flourishing. We need the scientific, technological, and institutional building blocks that let humans and machines thrive together.
Programmes:
Scaling Compute
Hypersensory Intelligence – Olfactory Perception
Nature-Inspired Computation
Unsustainable energy requirements and limited datasets demand alternative scaling pathways for AI. Novel computing, learning and perception paradigms inspired by nature will enable radically greater efficiency and adaptability.
Programmes:
Robot Dexterity
Enduring Atmospheric Platforms
Adaptive Machines
The physical world is complex and constantly changing, making it difficult for machines to find their way around and operate reliably. Intelligent machines that adapt to unpredictable environments can help humanity thrive.
Programmes:
Exploring Climate Cooling
Forecasting Tipping Points
Accelerated Adaptation
Resilient Climate and Ecosystems
Living systems and a stable climate underpin our food, health, and security — yet both face growing strain. We can build the precise knowledge and tools to safely understand and navigate these tightly coupled systems, and expand our options to secure resilient ecosystems and a flourishing planet.
Programmes:
Universal Fabricators
Synthetic Plants
Abundant Manufacturing
Our food and material systems depend on resource-intensive production and fragile supply chains, both of which are increasingly vulnerable to a volatile climate. We have an opportunity to produce a sustainable abundance of food and materials with greater speed, precision and flexibility.
Applications for our third cohort of Programme Directors will be open 17 August - 28 September for a May 2027 start date. Learn more about what we're looking for and register your interest so you can be the first to hear updates on the application process.

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