ARIA Frontier Specialist

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What is your ambitious idea for where an injection of funding could potentially shift the trajectory of human progress? (500 words maximum)^*

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What’s your primary area of scientific or technical expertise? (~150 words)^*

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Tell us about the last time you put together a simple model or back-of-the-envelope calculation to evaluate the feasibility or value of something. What did you calculate and why? (~250 words)^*

Tell us about the last time you intentionally decided to learn something new. What was it, why did you want to learn it, and how did you approach the process? (~250 words)^*

From your knowledge and research on ARIA and the Frontier Specialist job description, what would be the first thing you’d spend your "20% time" on and why? (~250 words)^*

Apart from yourself, are there other individuals within your network whom you believe possess the qualities and skills necessary to excel as a Frontier Specialist? (~150 words)

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