Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) | Exploring Climate Cooling
Event details
| Date | 07.10.2024 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: ARIA’s goal is to gather critical missing data and answer fundamental scientific questions on approaches that could help prevent humanity from experiencing climate tipping points.
This solicitation seeks R&D Creators – individuals and teams that ARIA will fund – to answer the most critical technical and fundamental questions on the practicality, measurability, controllability, and likely side-effects of approaches that might one day be used to actively cool the Earth.
Creators will therefore need to demonstrate how their projects align with this goal and contribute to the foundation’s broader ambition of developing a strong predict → test → monitor → validate loops for a range of approaches. ARIA expects to fund research across the full range of science and engineering disciplines.
In tandem, ARIA expects to support projects in the social sciences that are of direct relevance to approaches for actively cooling the Earth (including, but by no means limited to, consideration of public perception, potential legal, ethical, regulatory and governance frameworks, ethics, community engagement, and the economic or broader societal impact of those approaches).
Duration: Flexible; max. 5 years
Funding: Project specific; ARIA has a budget of £56.8m
Eligibility:
Deadline, Concept paper: 7 October 2024
Further information
This solicitation seeks R&D Creators – individuals and teams that ARIA will fund – to answer the most critical technical and fundamental questions on the practicality, measurability, controllability, and likely side-effects of approaches that might one day be used to actively cool the Earth.
Creators will therefore need to demonstrate how their projects align with this goal and contribute to the foundation’s broader ambition of developing a strong predict → test → monitor → validate loops for a range of approaches. ARIA expects to fund research across the full range of science and engineering disciplines.
In tandem, ARIA expects to support projects in the social sciences that are of direct relevance to approaches for actively cooling the Earth (including, but by no means limited to, consideration of public perception, potential legal, ethical, regulatory and governance frameworks, ethics, community engagement, and the economic or broader societal impact of those approaches).
Duration: Flexible; max. 5 years
Funding: Project specific; ARIA has a budget of £56.8m
Eligibility:
- Applications from across the R&D ecosystem, including individuals, universities, research institutions, small, medium and large companies, charities and public sector research organisations are welcomed
- ARIA can award funding to applicants who are based outside of the UK and/or whose projects will primarily take place outside of the UK for this Programme, provided these projects boost the net impact of the programme. Collaborations between UK and non-UK researchers are encouraged.
Deadline, Concept paper: 7 October 2024
Further information
- More information about the program is available here and full call here
- Application portal can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free