Cambridge researchers awarded ARIA funding

Cambridge researchers awarded ARIA funding Sarah Collins Fri, 10/09/2026 - 14:44 The funding is part of ARIA’s Universal Fabricators Programme, a three-year, £50 million programme that will support 11 different research teams. The programme’s central bet is that proteins can act as a ‘universal fabricator’. Professor Ronan Daly, from Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, leads the ‘Protein SPARK’ project, which will use proteins like tiny Lego bricks to grow magnets without rare-earth elements and advanced electrodes for batteries that hold more charge and last longer.