The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), a new independent research body to fund high-risk, high-reward scientific research, has been formally launched, coinciding with the appointment of five new members to the ARIA Board. ARIA has been created to identify and fund transformational science and technology at speed. The formation of ARIA as an independent body will help to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower, building on funding for R&D announced by the Chancellor in his most recent Autumn Statement. Read more…