The Department of Finance has opened a £30,000 Innovation and Outreach Fund to encourage the use of open data. Awards of between £300 and up to £5,000 are available to fund the development of apps or other interactive visualisations that make innovative use of data on the Open Data NI [...]
The Department for the Economy and the Department of Finance are currently inviting government departments and arm’s length bodies to submit proposals for new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) projects. Matrix is currently producing a series of videos to demonstrate how SBRIs work - you can view the first of [...]
Future Leaders Fellowships is a £900 million fund that is helping to establish the careers of world-class research and innovation leaders across UK business and academia. The latest funding round has just been launched, with a deadline of 8th October. This cross-UK Research and Innovation scheme supports early career researchers [...]
Did you know that Innovate UK supported Northern Ireland businesses with funding worth over £20 million last year? Take a short survey to help DfE understand why more NI businesses don't bid for Innovate UK funding and you could win £100 of Amazon vouchers! Innovate UK is the UK’s Innovation [...]
Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, is delighted to be the official sponsor of this year's STEM Village at Air Waves Portrush, which will be headlined by Live Science presenter James Soper. The festival will showcase an array of world-class aircraft for two days of thrilling flying and a [...]
The new Matrix panel has now been appointed, drawing on expertise from across all science and technology sectors in Northern Ireland. The new panel is part of a total refresh which aims to bring increased focus to Northern Ireland’s emerging sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Manufacturing, Agri-tech and Precision [...]
CBI are running a survey to try and quantify which emerging technologies are being used/considered by UK companies, their level of adoption and corporate attitude. The CBI / Accenture Tech Tracker survey is an opportunity for your business to have its say on the technology trends, investment patterns and drivers [...]
A new Small Business Research Initiotive (SBRI) is being launched by the Department of Health to find innovative ideas to address air quality. The competition, called "Project ‘SPACE’ - Space Data Analytics" will open this Friday, 5th July and run until August 30th. You'll be able to access all the [...]
Our latest report suggests that the right components are in place to establish an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Northern Ireland. Working with The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Matrix commissioned a report in December 2018. Entitled “Artificial Intelligence Research in [...]
The UK Government has published its Innovation Strategy for using new technologies in public services, with an emphasis on building skills, providing the environment for experimentation and better harnessing data. The Government Technology and Innovation Strategy was launched by Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden and published alongside new guidance on [...]
Last week saw 60 schools from across Northern Ireland and over 2,000 Key Stage 2 students present their 2019 science projects over 2 days at the ICC, Belfast. The ESB Science Blast is a non-competitive education programme where students work together in their class to investigate the science behind a [...]
Northern Ireland's newest life sciences asset, Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI), was officially launched earlier this month at the Union League of Philadelphia. Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI) is a new collaboration between academic, local government, clinical and life sciences communities to deliver the health and [...]