Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Non-departmental public body overview
Formed	26 January 2023
Employees	53 (FY2024/25)
Annual budget	£27.6 million (FY2024/25)
Ministers responsible	Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation;
Non-departmental public body executives	Ilan Gur, CEO; Matt Clifford, Chair; Kathleen Fisher, CEO Elect February 2026;
Parent department	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Website	www.aria.org.uk

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is a research funding agency of the UK government, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

ARIA has a similar remit to that of its US forerunner, DARPA, the intention of the UK Agency is to fund "high-risk, high-reward" research, including AI.