The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will take evidence from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), the Government’s new research funding agency. This is the first time that the Chair and CEO of ARIA will have given evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee since ARIA’s formal founding in 2023.
Recent evidence sessions have included Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research, and Innovation; and Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser.
Meeting details
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Work
Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) (Non-inquiry session)
Chair at Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
Chief Executive Officer at Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
Among the questions the Committee is likely to raise with Ilan Gur, CEO of ARIA, and Matt Clifford, Chair of ARIA, are:
- Where does ARIA sit in the overall research and innovation landscape in the UK?
- How does ARIA’s research model differ from other principal investigators funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)?
- Is your focus on very blue-skies research, or is there a clear pathway to subsequent application and innovation?
- How do you measure success when the goals are so ambitious?