Our programmes are designed to advance complex, large-scale ideas which require coordinated investment and management across disciplines and institutions.
Designed and overseen by our Programme Directors, with feedback from the R&D community, an ARIA programme seeks to unlock a scientific or technical capability that:
- changes the perception of what’s possible or valuable
- has the potential to catalyse massive social and economic returns
- is unlikely to be achieved without ARIA’s intervention
To build a programme, each Programme Director directs the review, selection, and funding of a portfolio of projects, whose collective aim is to unlock breakthroughs that advance their impact on society.
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The journey to a programme
1. ARIA Programme Director (PD) is appointed
ARIA PDs are scientists and engineers tasked with developing a concrete vision for how technology could enable a better future.
2. PDs define an opportunity space
Each Programme Director identifies an area they believe likely to yield breakthroughs.
3. Discovery process and community engagement
ARIA PDs collate feedback on their opportunity space through online and offline engagement with the R&D community.
4. PDs formulate a programme thesis
Based on this feedback, PDs develop and publish a thesis setting out the proposed shape of their programme, including objectives and approach.
5. Programme approval
All proposed programmes have to be approved by ARIA’s leadership team, with input from a panel of arms-length expert reviewers.
6. Funding allocation
Following open funding solicitations, PDs and expert reviewers make final project selection recommendations, based on a set of consistent criteria, as well as alignment with the overall programme goals and objectives.
7. Programme management
PDs monitor progress of each project through a series of 1:1 calls, site visits, and programme-wide meetings. Along the way they can shut-down or pivot dead-end efforts or double down on those that show promise.