UK unveils plan for £800 million disruptive innovation funder
The UK government Friday offered the first detailed look at its £800 million disruptive innovation funder, now officially called the Advanced Research and Invention Agency. The agency, which draws inspiration from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the US body that has overseen the creation of experimental military technologies, will aim to stimulate new, emerging and high-risk science and technology, the government said in a statement.
Source: sciencebusiness.net