The Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) are inviting proposals for a series of short, exploratory projects to be undertaken using existing AI Scientist systems. They are specifically looking for AI systems that can perform the full end-to-end workflow of scientific knowledge creation. This includes:

• Ideation and hypothesis creation.
• The design of experiments to test the hypothesis.
• The ability to run experiments in (ideally fully-automated) labs.
• Interpretation of the results and the drawing of conclusions.
• The ability to produce a written report describing related work, the idea explored, experiments, results, and conclusions, placed in the context of relevant literature.

They are looking to fund project teams with up to £500,000 each (inclusive of all taxes and costs), for a maximum project length of 9 months. They would like all projects to start by January 2026.

Find out more at: https://www.aria.org.uk/ai-scientist/funding