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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 two new ex officio members
Matrix NI is pleased to announce two new appointments to the Northern Ireland Science and Industry Panel: Marina Donohoe, Chief Executive Officer of QUBIS, and Damian Duffy, Principal and Chief Executive of Belfast Metropolitan College. Marina Donohoe brings extensive experience in research, innovation and commercialisation. As CEO of QUBIS, she leads the creation and growth of spin‑out companies from Queen’s [...]
Team with a ‘vision for the future’ wins Matrix Hackathon
Innovative, future‑focused ideas were to the fore at Matrix NI’s “Hack to the Future” hackathon. Delivered as part of the NI Science Festival, the one‑day event was hosted to encourage collaboration between students, technologists, and future‑thinkers, using evidence‑based Matrix foresight research as a foundation for ideas, with the potential to influence policy, innovation and society in the years ahead. Robert [...]
‘Hack to the future’ with Matrix
Registration is now open for a Matrix Hackathon entitled ‘Hack to the Future’ as part of the upcoming NI Science Festival. Northern Ireland’s creative and curious minds are being called to action as Matrix NI, the Northern Ireland Science and Industry Panel invites students, technologists, designers, researchers, policymakers and future-thinkers to an innovative one-day hackathon taking place at Ulster University [...]
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.
Photonics and Lasers Capability
Photonics is the science of generating, controlling and detecting light and it underpins many of today’s most rapidly evolving technologies. This study, commissioned by Matrix [...]
AI and the Future of Work in Northern Ireland
The 'AI and the Future of Work in Northern Ireland' report was commissioned by Matrix, on behalf of the Department for the Economy, providing an assessment [...]
Decarbonisation of the NI Built Environment
The Decarbonisation of the Northern Ireland Built Environment report, commissioned by Matrix, on behalf of the Department for the Economy, explores how Northern Ireland can [...]
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).
There are currently no vacancies.