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Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) is currently accepting applications for its Scaling Trust Research and Development Grant Programme 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is funding ambitious R&D projects to strengthen secure agent-to-agent interactions in untrusted environments. Through its Scaling Trust Programme, ARIA supports open-source tooling and fundamental research that enables provable AI security, protocol verification, and cyber-physical trust primitives.
Track 2 (Tooling): £200,000–£2 million, 3–12 months, 4–6 teams.
Track 3 (Research): £100,000–£3 million, 6–18 months, 3 large centres + smaller teams.
All outputs must be open-source and interoperable.
ARIA encourages applications from:
• Research institutions
• Universities
• Startups and technology companies
• Open-source developers
• Interdisciplinary AI security teams
Non-UK teams may be funded if they significantly enhance UK benefit and ecosystem impact.
Apply for Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) Scaling Trust Research and Development Grant Programme
