--- title: "ARIA Opportunity Seed Funding Call: Scoping our planet" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046a01" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046a01" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046a01.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046a01.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INVENTION AGENCY" published: "2024-05-23" --- # ARIA Opportunity Seed Funding Call: Scoping our planet Buyer: ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INVENTION AGENCY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046a01 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046a01) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046a01.json) ## Summary The ARIA Opportunity Seed Funding Call titled "Scoping our planet" is currently active, issued by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in the services category. The procurement stage is a competitive procedure with negotiation. The application deadline for this tender is 18 June 2024 at 12:00 BST. Shortlisted applicants will meet the Programme Director from 3 July to 12 July 2024, with final award decisions expected by 17 July 2024. The call aims to fund bold research ideas aligned with specific opportunity spaces, offering funding opportunities ranging from £10k to £500k each. This funding call by ARIA presents an opportunity for businesses and individuals with innovative, out-of-the-box research proposals to secure financial support and gain recognition. Ideal applicants are those with bold ideas that challenge assumptions, open new research paths, or contribute to new capabilities. Early career individuals or teams with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The maximum budget available is £4,000,000, with potential for multiple awardees and additional funding, scope, and duration extensions, offering ample possibilities for growth and collaboration in the research and technology sector. ## Notice Breakthroughs require finding people who think differently about what's possible - and empowering them to follow their vision. To support scientific and technological breakthroughs, outside of programmes, ARIA Programme Directors can award opportunity seeds to support ambitious research aligned to the opportunity spaces they've identified. To understand how opportunity seeds work within our model, see how we're working here (https://www.aria.org.uk/how-were-working/). ### Lot Information Lot 1 This funding call specifically relates to our Programme Director Gemma Bale + Sarah Bohndiek's opportunity space (https://www.aria.org.uk/what-were-working-on/#sarahandgemma). In Scoping our planet (https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARIA-scoping-our-planet-v1.pdf), we're looking to fund high potential proposals with between PS10k and PS500k each. We initially expect to fund up to 10 opportunity seeds in this space. We're looking for bold ideas that could challenge assumptions, open up new research paths, or provide steps towards new capabilities. If you have an important idea you're obsessed with, but you don't currently have the resources or support to take it forward, we'd like to hear from you. Ideas could come from anywhere, so we welcome applications from individuals and teams who are early in their career or who have atypical backgrounds. We care more about your idea and your intrinsic motivation than we do about your CV. To help you decide if this is the right funding call for you, here's some guidance on the scope: In scope: + Ideas that sit within the Scoping our Planet opportunity space. By this, we mean your proposal should show how your idea either aligns with or challenges the assumptions of the Summary, Beliefs, or Observations in the opportunity space document (https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARIA-scoping-our-planet-v1.pdf). + Ideas that could change the conversation about what is possible or valuable. + Ideas that range from early stage curiosity-driven research through to pre-commercial science and technology. Out of scope: +Ideas that target Gemma + Sarah's goal of forecasting climate tipping points by uniting measurements and models to create an early warning system, as described in their programme thesis (https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ARIA-Forecasting-Climate-Tipping-Points-Programme-Thesis.pdf). We expect to release a programme funding call in the coming months. + Ideas that are undifferentiated or that are likely to happen without ARIA support. + Commercial or close-to-commercial stage products. Beyond this scope and our evaluation criteria outlined in the full opportunity seed call document on ARIA's website (http://aria.org.uk/scoping-our-planet-opportunity-seeds), we don't have preconceptions about what ideas you might send our way. You don't need to contort your project to fit our goals: we want to hear what you really want to do. Additional information: The estimated total value is the maximum budget available. We expect to fund multiple applicants. Options: Additional funding, scope and duration could be added to any contracts awarded. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016321-2024 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 18 Jun 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INVENTION AGENCY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | North West London | | Postcode | NW1 2DB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | St Pancras & Somers Town | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73110000 - Research services ## Release History - 23 May 2024 at 11:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016321-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://aria.org.uk/scoping-our-planet-opportunity-seeds - https://www.aria.org.uk/ - https://www.aria.org.uk/how-were-working/ - https://www.aria.org.uk/what-were-working-on/#sarahandgemma - https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARIA-scoping-our-planet-v1.pdf - https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ARIA-Forecasting-Climate-Tipping-Points-Programme-Thesis.pdf ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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