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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Please see the email below from Eirini Malliaraki from The Alan Turing Institute:</span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white">On behalf of the Turing, I am coordinating a response to t</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">he House of Commons Science and Technology Committee</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white">
consultation on "</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fwork%2F265%2Fa-new-uk-research-funding-agency%2Fpublications%2F&data=01%7C01%7C%7C13bea4991530493ccc6608d809689d74%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=%2BOFRdSDOTwWV0Mw9iJxKeMXElh4jYyePBocqCVxZryc%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://committees.parliament.uk/work/265/a-new-uk-research-funding-agency/publications/" shash="eGM0E6BX89+pA8xRS8E6zB1z7Z6VKcrGNm/vUy2Pix0rAloY2iyIRTxmYnUb/cFEwBkIJ26OjdXgtHULT/bix3d/6ajkqnSHE7EnzrM+knbYXupWxMlOwIROKTKuJ2VYCzGGE1DGQmW95sAgF85fFWMqgakgTUro/j3XC10EkXQ=" title="https://committees.parliament.uk/work/265/a-new-uk-research-funding-agency/publications/"><span style="color:#0000EE">A
new UK research funding agency</span></a><span style="background:white">".</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The consultation formally inquires into the nature and
purpose of a new US ARPA-like agency</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">that would “<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F871799%2FBudget_2020_Web_Accessible_Complete.pdf&data=01%7C01%7C%7C13bea4991530493ccc6608d809689d74%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=DVUtXhOQXkcWgBkjrgwpt9TfjHtizpcNNcdpfzMm%2FQc%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871799/Budget_2020_Web_Accessible_Complete.pdf" shash="nEEz6TqlrE/UnCoUOSRIBle+dct7qgDC2jGyVTMvmsSMv+N19QylqOxC9P7hGOlZZlwTkms8UcNHraEASnM2pNSjBrM0jMNNehkTQRIVXq2WSkR8JC9F9b12588U0niGDhT9QK3fqtAk1W/FOoW1Ub9rFZi8dk1tmsDgEkcbGcc=" title="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871799/Budget_2020_Web_Accessible_Complete.pdf">invest</a>
at least £800 million” in</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#14171A"> blue skies, high-reward research and in UK leadership in artificial intelligence and data. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We would like to include the views of as many researchers as possible from the Turing community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The public consultation requests feedback on these five questions:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">What gaps in the current UK research and development system might be addressed by an ARPA style approach? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:black">What are the implications of the new funding agency for existing funding bodies and their approach? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:black">What should be the focus be of the new research funding agency and how should it be structured? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:black">What funding should ARPA receive, and how should it distribute this funding to maximise effectiveness? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:black">What can be learned from ARPA equivalents in other countries? What benefits might be gained from basing UK ARPA outside of the ‘Golden Triangle’ (London, Oxford and Cambridge)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You may address all of them, and we encourage feedback particularly on questions one, two and three. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We welcome any contributions to the Turing's response (up to 300 words for each of the questions outlined in the
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<span style="color:#0000EE">consultation</span></a>). Submissions should be written in an accessible manner with a clearly defined contribution. Any references to relevant projects or work currently underway at the Turing are particularly welcomed. As a previous
example of a coordinated consultation response from the Institute, please read the Turing's </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2018-09%2Fresponse_of_the_alan_turing_institute_to_dcms_cdei_consultation.pdf&data=01%7C01%7C%7C13bea4991530493ccc6608d809689d74%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=MKXh9KRqpPZyrRFZi2Ry3pK1hHaaKtwnv89Y0%2F9j068%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-09/response_of_the_alan_turing_institute_to_dcms_cdei_consultation.pdf" shash="lg3YeoBIkg8ghk2ZbYoJ1G5vd9joRoCAnmMU3QqUyxlCPalW1Yen9rfDwlFkIdfvpImnF+nvvDZEla/n1E0mgL4mlpv+VzjEHZe9S16vFnJdk81A437+WGjzW40otGNeIpR+6yMMn6H/htCD2hBPHibUgR7/T3zYopvV918iiYc=" target="_blank" title="https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-09/response_of_the_alan_turing_institute_to_dcms_cdei_consultation.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000EE">response</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> to
the formation of the Centre of Data Ethics & Innovation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please send submissions by <b>EOD Thursday 18th June </b>to me (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ashteyn@turing.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000EE">e</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000EE">malliaraki@turing.ac.uk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">). </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kind regards,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Eirini Malliaraki</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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