A Nobel prizewinner and 바카라사이트 former chair of 바카라사이트 UK’s Covid vaccine taskforce have been added to 바카라사이트 board of 바카라사이트 Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), as 바카라사이트 “high-risk, high-reward” funder was formally established.
The UK government said that Sir David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell distinguished university professor of chemistry at Princeton University and winner of 바카라사이트 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, would join Aria’s board as a non-executive director alongside Dame Kate Bingham, managing partner at SV Health Investors and former chair of 바카라사이트 UK Vaccine Taskforce.
Also joining 바카라사이트 board are Sir Patrick Vallance, 바카라사이트 UK’s chief scientific adviser; Sarah Hunter, global director of public policy at Alphabet subsidiary X, 바카라사이트 Moonshot Factory; and Stephen Cohen, who has more than 40 years’ experience in asset management.
They will sit alongside chief executive Ilan Gur, chair Matt Clifford – both technology start-up leaders – and newly appointed chief financial and operations officer Antonia Jenkinson.
The appointments were announced as Aria was formally established as an independent body. With a budget of ?800 million, 바카라사이트 agency is envisaged as a vehicle to fund risky early-stage blue-sky research in 바카라사이트 same way that 바카라사이트 US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) supported work that led to 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 internet, driverless cars and drones.
The intention is to put funding decisions directly into 바카라사이트 hands of experts in 바카라사이트ir respective fields and to use “innovative and flexible” funding models, including seed grants and prize incentives, with 바카라사이트 power to start and stop projects according to 바카라사이트ir success.
George Freeman, 바카라사이트 science minister, said that transformational discoveries came “from world-class scientists and labs with 바카라사이트 freedom to explore 바카라사이트 unknown”.
“We have set up Aria as an ?800 million global superlab to do just that through frontier science and technology,” he said.
Dr Gur said that he “could not imagine a better board of directors to oversee Aria’s formation”.
“Guided by 바카라사이트ir experience and judgement, Aria will make bold bets that leverage 바카라사이트 strengths of 바카라사이트 UK research system to drive world-changing breakthroughs,” he said.
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