Latest news
The MATRIX website is home to the latest Northern Ireland science & technology news, the most relevant reports and of course our own studies on Northern Ireland’s tech sectors and how best to grow them.
Matrix Seeks New Members to Drive Innovation and Economic Growth
Want to Join Matrix? Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, is excited to announce that it is seeking six new industry members to join its panel. This appointment competition is part of Matrix’s ongoing commitment to fostering innovation and economic development through strategic advice on the commercial exploitation of research and development (R&D) and science and technology. The role [...]
Former Matrix Chair Rob Grundy Awarded with an MBE
Matrix and the Secretariat are delighted to see that Rob Grundy, former Chair of Matrix, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for his outstanding contributions to science, technology, and innovation policy development. Rob joined Matrix in 2012 and became Chair in 2018. During his tenure, he led significant initiatives that bridged the gap between science and [...]
Revolutionising Empathy: The Story of Empatheyes
Introduction to Matrix Connects "Matrix Connects" is an exciting new series of case studies by Matrix, spotlighting groundbreaking advancements in STEM across Northern Ireland. We are thrilled to present our first ever case study, featuring Empatheyes, an innovative social enterprise founded by Sara McCracken, that is making waves with their transformative technology. Matrix Connects: Mark & Stephen from the secretariat [...]
What is Matrix?
MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, is a business led expert panel, formed primarily to advise government, industry and academia on the commercial exploitation of R&D and science and technology in Northern Ireland.
We produce regular, in depth reports which outline the work, findings and recommendations of our specialist panels. These reports are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in how new technologies and market opportunities can be developed within the Northern Ireland economy and beyond.
The Matrix library
This library is a collection of Matrix reports as well as documents that the Matrix panel and secretariat have used in their research. The most recent additions to the library are here – if you want to see the full collection, arranged by topic, please visit the library section.
R&D and innovation pathways to business productivity and growth: What does the evidence suggest?
Recent studies provide some strong evidence on the pathways through which public R&D support – for both business and university R&D – support innovation, productivity [...]
The UK Hydrogen Innovation Opportunity
The report considers the full end-to-end nature of the hydrogen economy to ensure there is a common understanding of the economic opportunity it could represent [...]
The role of intermediate Research, Development and Innovation institutes in building regional and sectoral innovation capabilities
Executive Summary The UK has an internationally competitive science base, but its success in measures such as the world share of highly cited academic papers [...]
Live SBRIs and other funding competitions
The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) connects public sector challenges with innovative ideas from industry, supporting companies to generate economic growth and enabling improvement in achieving government objectives.
SBRI provides innovative solutions to challenges faced by the public sector and generates new business opportunities for companies, providing SMEs with a route to market for their ideas and bridging the seed funding gap experienced by many early stage companies. It supports economic growth and enables the development of innovative products and services through the public procurement of research and development (R&D).
Sign up for our briefing!
Get all the latest news, funding opportunities and events for the Northern Ireland science and technology sector.