{"id":3739,"date":"2021-03-05T11:58:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/uk-government-to-launch-new-research-development-agency-modelled-on-darpa\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:49:44","slug":"uk-government-to-launch-new-research-development-agency-modelled-on-darpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/uk-government-to-launch-new-research-development-agency-modelled-on-darpa","title":{"rendered":"UK government to launch new research development agency modelled on DARPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Late last month, the UK government <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-to-launch-new-research-agency-to-support-high-risk-high-reward-science\">announced<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"> their plans to launch the Advanced Research &amp; Invention Agency (ARIA) \u2013 an independent, scientist-led research agency to support \u201chigh-risk, high-reward\u201d research projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Citing the illustrious achievements of UK scientists like Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing, the announcement highlighted that this program will carry on the legacy and that it serves to \u201ccement the UK\u2019s position as a global science superpower.\u201d ARIA is also conceptualized based on past successful models, particularly the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the US, which has proven its special worth in recent times by laying the groundwork for critical COVID-19 solutions with early research on mRNA vaccines and antibody therapies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Similarly, ARIA, which is slated to take-off in 2022, aims to develop transformative innovations at speed by overcoming bureaucratic barriers and fast-tracking funding procedures \u2013 a mission fundamental to the project. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Set to be led by world-class scientists, ARIA is expected to provide the right platform and support for pioneering researchers. Amanda Solloway, Science and Innovation Minister, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-to-launch-new-research-agency-to-support-high-risk-high-reward-science\">stated<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"> \u201cARIA will unleash our most inspirational scientists and inventors, empowering them with the freedom to drive forward their scientific vision and explore game-changing new ideas at a speed like never before.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">While many scientists welcomed the news, others were critical about the same owing to an unclear plan and purpose shared with the public. Moreover, for the next few years, only $1.1 billion is allotted for ARIA, whereas its American counterpart, DARPA, has an annual budget of almost <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #262626;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">$3.5 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">. James Wilsdon, a science-policy researcher at the University of Sheffield, in an interview with <i>Nature<\/i>. \u201c<a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-00515-z\">This is not an enormous amount of money.<\/a>\u201d This is because ARIA is set to receive around 2% of the total science budget of the country. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">In addition to being free of certain rigid rules that government-funded projects regularly face, ARIA is also likely to be <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/feb\/17\/defence-research-agency-for-high-risk-projects-on-cards-for-uk\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">exempted from the Freedom of Information Act<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">, worrying skeptics that ARIA could become a hub for secretive military projects. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">While the project can be instrumental in establishing the UK as a global scientific leader, it remains to be seen how the questions and concerns about ARIA and how it\u2019s meant to impact science in the UK are addressed lan by the UK government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Related reading:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-uk-and-the-eu-sign-a-treaty-uk-researchers-secure-access-to-eu-funding-post-brexit?refer-type=article\">The UK and the EU sign a treaty; UK researchers secure access to EU funding post Brexit<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/why-will-corporations-fund-your-research?refer-type=article\">Why will corporations fund your research?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; 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Citing the illustrious achievements of UK scientists like Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing, the announcement highlighted that this program will carry on the legacy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":717,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[2644],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-industry-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK government to launch new research development agency modelled on DARPA | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Late last month, the UK government announced their plans to launch the Advanced Research &amp; Invention Agency (ARIA) \u2013 an independent, scientist-led research agency to support \u201chigh-risk, high-reward\u201d research projects. 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