UK version of ARPA will provide long-term funding to tackle big societal challenges
The new proposed agency is said to be the brainchild of Dominic Cummings, adviser to Boris Johnson

UK ARPA is said to be the brainchild of Dominic Cummings
New details of the UK version of American Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) have emerged, suggesting that the proposed agency would provide longer term funding to researchers "to tackle really big...
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