The plans of the UK government to create an agency to finance high-risk research have been abandoned
Technology
13 May 2022
By Adam Vaughan
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is involved in the recruitment process for ARIA Shutterstock/pxl.store
The launch of the UK government’s “moonshot” research agency has been delayed to the end of this year due to its incoming chief executive’s refusal to accept the role.
The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), billed as a high-risk, high-reward agency independent of current research funding channels, was thrown off course in March after after forthcoming chief executive Peter Highnam made a surprise decision to withdraw from the role, citing …
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