£42.4 m has been awarded to Smart Nano NI - a Northern Ireland nano technology consortium to develop new technology for medical devices, communication and data storage. The funding, which has been awarded by the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Strength in Places Fund presents a game-changing opportunity for Northern Ireland’s nano technology and manufacturing sector [...]
The US space agency NASA has awarded IceMOS with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop radiation-tolerant high-voltage MOSFET transistors as part of their "From Moon to Mars" project which will see a return to astronauts landing on the lunar surface for the first time since the 1970s [...]
The ‘Electricity Consumption and Renewable Generation in Northern Ireland: Year ending March 2021’ report details the percentage of electricity consumption in Northern Ireland generated from renewable sources and includes information on the type of renewable generation used. The report reflects performance against the 2011-15 Programme for Government target which was [...]
Belfast Region City Deal partners are poised and ready to deliver on the Minister for the Economy Diane Dodd’s ambitious new economic vision ‘10X’, which will lead to better jobs with better wages and an improvement in people’s quality of life. The 10X vision recognises that the City and Growth [...]
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has highlighted the important role digitisation has to play in economic recovery. The Minister met with Gareth Quinn and Andrew Trimble from early stage start-up tech company Kairos Sports Tech Ltd to discuss challenges and opportunities that exist for similar businesses within the Northern Ireland start-up ecosystem. [...]
A new Edge Computing Hub, based at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), aims to unlock the scientific and societal opportunities in the next Internet frontier, Edge computing. Edge computing will impact every Internet user in the world as it will become the way the Internet will work behind the scenes. It [...]
CaSE (The Campaign for Science and Engineering) has secured a £1.1 million grant, “A new voice for R&D investment”, from the Wellcome Trust to build a campaign that can transform public support for R&D investment, as the next phase of its ‘R&D Decade’ project. The Covid-19 pandemic has only reinforced [...]
INDUSTRY chiefs are continuing a drive to improve the diversity of talent working in cyber security by launching the second survey for people working in the sector. This year’s survey, which is conducted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – and KPMG UK, has been [...]
The Economy Minister today launched her ambitious economic vision which will lead to better jobs with better wages and an improvement in people’s quality of life. In '10X Economy: An Economic Vision for a decade of innovation' Minister Diane Dodds outlines the steps her Department will take to ensure Northern [...]
Matrix has published a new report on Strategic Innovation Opportunities in Northern Ireland. The Matrix commissioned report was produced by Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre (UU EPC) and shows that, whilst Northern Ireland falls behind other UK regions in terms of innovation, the region is a leader for universities producing [...]
The Horizon 2020 (European Framework Programme 8 for Research and Innovation) ran under the seven year Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 and ended with final calls (Green Deal) closing in January 2021. Projects funded under Horizon 2020, some only commencing later this year, may run for up to 5 years [...]
A new report published by Matrix suggests that with the correct investment, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help Northern Ireland businesses into economic recovery. Read the full report Read the executive summary Chaired by Dr Adrian Johnston MBE, this study builds on the 2019 Matrix report “AI Research in Northern Ireland” [...]