ARIA: Safeguarded AI - Cybersecurity
ARIA offers funding for blue teams creating cybersecurity products, verified by AI and red team pen-testing using AI tools, with a focus on real-world deployment.
Key facts
- Funding amount
- £2.5m-£3.5m per team
- Deadline
- 31 Oct 2026
- Region
- UK-wide
- Business type
- Innovative businesses & R&D-led teams
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Plain English summary
This ARIA funding opportunity provides £2.5m-£3.5m per team to develop innovative cybersecurity products. Successful applicants will build production-grade, security-critical software components using AI-enabled formal methods, which will be rigorously tested by a central red-teaming partner. The programme seeks teams with strong expertise in security, systems engineering, formal methods, and AI, who can iterate quickly and have a credible plan for real-world deployment or spinouts.
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Who this is best for
- Innovative businesses & R&D-led teams
- Organisations based in UK-wide
- Projects aligned with innovation funding
- Teams seeking funding around £2.5m-£3.5m per team
Who should not apply
- Individuals applying in a personal capacity (unless explicitly permitted)
- Applicants who cannot meet the official eligibility criteria below
Eligibility checklist
Tick what applies to your organisation before applying.
- Open to single organisations or teams spanning academia, industry, and non-profits, with deep expertise in security, systems engineering, formal methods, and AI.
- Majority of project work (>50% of project costs and personnel time) must be conducted in the UK.
- Teams should be able to iterate quickly and have a credible orientation towards real-world deployment.
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