We are pleased to invite the Nucleate Canada network to an evening with ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency), the UK’s high-risk, high-reward R&D funding agency.
This is a rare opportunity to engage directly with the team behind ARIA’s Programme Director model. Learn how they fund ambitious interdisciplinary research, catch lightning talks from researchers and founders tackling hard technical problems, and continue the conversation over food and drinks.
ARIA funds programs across a wide range of opportunity spaces, including precision neurotechnologies, synthetic plants, and viral resilience in biotech, alongside work in safeguarded AI, scaling compute, climate cooling, and robot dexterity. Their full list of opportunity spaces can be found here.
Whether you are considering becoming a Programme Director yourself or simply want to speak with the ARIA team about funding opportunities for your own research, this is a chance to make that connection directly. ARIA’s third Programme Director cohort opens for applications in August 2026, making this a timely moment to consider whether your work might shape a funding agenda rather than simply pursue one.
We especially encourage professors and senior scientists based in Canada to apply. Space for this event is limited and registration is subject to host approval, so we encourage you to request to join early.