Funding
We fund teams to pursue research at the edge of the possible. Discover how we fund and how to apply, and learn what happens post-award.
Funding types
Our opportunity spaces are areas of research that we believe are underexplored and ripe for breakthroughs. Within these, we fund projects either as part of a programme or as opportunity seeds.
Programme Funding
Programmes (£10-100m total)
Our programmes pursue some of the most ambitious scientific objectives in the UK. Each programme is made up of a portfolio of projects.
Opportunity Seed
Opportunity seeds (up £500k per project)
Opportunity seeds give individual research teams the freedom to explore new research pathways that might otherwise fall through the cracks.
Funding opportunities
Select to explore more:
These calls are currently open – please read the relevant supporting documentation before applying.
Programme Funding
Hypersensory Intelligence – Olfactory Perception: TA1 Full proposals
This £65m programme seeks to build the foundations for general-purpose olfactory perception — matching or exceeding biological systems in programme challenges. We’re accepting proposals for Technical Area 1, in which up to six teams will be given up to £500k each to build the Open Olfactory Resource (OOR), the world's largest open, cross-domain dataset of volatile chemical signals.
Opportunity space
Nature-Inspired Computation
Programme Director
Claire Donoghue
Deadline
30 September 2026
Applicant guidance
We welcome applications for funding from across the ecosystem – discover the process of applying for ARIA funding and find key resources.
Being funded by ARIA
R&D Creators are individuals and teams who receive ARIA programme or opportunity seed research funding – learn more about the post-award experience.
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