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Gur, Clifford to lead U.K.’s new Advanced Research and Invention Agency
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July 20, 2022 1:20 AM UTC
New U.K. independent science funding body Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) named Ilan Gur as its first CEO and Matt Clifford as inaugural chairman. Gur was founder and CEO of Activate Global Inc., a U.S. non-profit organization that helps scientists and engineers advance innovative research; he was also a program director and senior adviser at the U.S.’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Clifford, who joins Aug. 15, is co-founder and CEO of tech talent investor Entrepreneur First Operations Ltd.
Inspired by ARPA, ARIA will help scientists and researchers identify and fund transformational research that leads to new technologies, discoveries, products and services...