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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 Welcomes Eight New Panel Members to Bolster Science and Innovation Leadership
Matrix NI plenary meeting in session at Catalyst Innovation Centre, Belfast Matrix, Northern Ireland's Science and Industry Advisory Panel, is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new members, bringing a wealth of expertise to enhance innovation and economic growth in the region. The new members include leaders across life sciences, engineering, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and health. With this expertise, [...]
Matrix NI new members welcomed on board
Matrix NI plenary meeting at Catalyst Innovation Centre, Belfast Matrix NI -the Northern Ireland Science Industry panel, has recently appointed eight new panel members reaffirming its commitment to innovation and collaboration in Northern Ireland. Professor Helen McCarthy (Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser) has also been welcomed as a new ex officio panel member at the recent plenary meeting held at [...]
Matrix attends Space week Launch in Stormont
Matrix was delighted to support the recent UK launch of World Space Week, with “Space and Climate Change,” as this year’s theme. The event brought together leaders from government, industry, and academia to discuss the role of space technologies in driving global climate solutions. The launch was organised by the NI Space Cluster, National Centre for Earth Observation and Space4Climate [...]
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.
Research and development (R&D) and innovation support in Northern Ireland
DfE has commissioned a report looking at the gaps and duplications of innovation support available to businesses in Northern Ireland. This report will form a [...]
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 [...]
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).
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