Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University have both announced major investments in innovative digital technologies totalling £108 million. Queen’s Institute of Electronics, Communications & Information Technology (ECIT) has announced a £58 million Global Innovation Institute which is due to open by 2025 and Ulster will host the £50m Smart Manufacturing [...]
Government funding backs scallop fishing industry breakthrough UK Seafood Innovation Fund supports world-first, environmentally-friendly ‘scallop discos’ technique Sustainable, low-impact scallop fishing method pioneered by scientists at Fishtek Marine UK government calls for collaboration between industry and academia to support a sustainable fishing industry and healthy marine environment. A world-first method for [...]
A new report from Innovate UK that evaluates and showcases the success of SBRI has been published by UKRI and Innovate UK. The 20-year initiative allows research and development services to be acquired from private sector providers who develop, in competition, solutions for the public sector and has been a success [...]
An exciting new programme which connects Northern Ireland firms with experts and experienced executives in the US market, providing the insights needed to scale their businesses, has been launched by Catalyst, with assistance from the Department for the Economy Basecamp Boston is open to innovation driven enterprises from NI who [...]
The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is seeking a successful and engaging leader, with a track record of significant achievement and delivery at scale in a scientific or technology based organisation to appoint to the newly created role of Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser for Northern Ireland (CSTA). The CSTA [...]
Three Northern Ireland based Higher Education Institutions, Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University and Stranmillis University College, have produced world-leading and internationally excellent research according to the latest examination of their outputs through the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF). The REF provides a robust and thorough assessment of the quality of [...]
Northern Ireland’s Wrightbus has signed a landmark deal with Australian bus manufacturer Volgren, potentially opening up the Australian export market for the County Antrim firm. Wrightbus has partnered with Volgren to provide its groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell powertrain technology for the manufacture of two zero-emission hydrogen single deck buses which [...]
A number of upcoming funding competitions will seek to provide central government support for the development of net-zero and low carbon hydrogen technologies. The aim of the NZHF is to support the commercial deployment of new low carbon hydrogen production projects during the 2020s, ensuring the UK has a diverse [...]
Matrix Panel member Patricia O’Hagan MBE of Core Systems has been recognised by the recent Women in Tech Awards, taking home the award for Outstanding Woman in Tech at the inaugural awards ceremony. Patricia is a long-term ambassador, mentor and role model for women in tech across Northern Ireland and [...]
The Belfast Maritime Consortium has announced plans to introduce a ferry service between Bangor and Belfast Harbour, scheduled to begin operations by 2024 and will be operated by Condor Ferries. The zero-emissions ferry is being developed by the Consortium’s lead partner Artemis Technologies and will have journey times of around [...]
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Defra open two new collaborative research and development (R&D) competitions, with over £20 million in funding available. In partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UKRI will be opening the latest two competitions from the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP) on [...]
Innovate UK is looking to recruit 40 women from across the Foundation Industries, to receive a fully-funded placement on a Women's Leadership Development programme starting this May. The programme is a part of the Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge that brings together the metals, glass, paper, ceramics, cement and bulk chemical industries [...]