The UK Government has published its Levelling Up White Paper, setting out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it. At the heart of this new way of making and implementing policy will be 12 national missions - all quantifiable and to [...]
The Northern Ireland Science Festival, which takes place this month from 17-27 February, is to feature the Matrix and Pulsar sponsored event “I ❤️ My STEM Career”, during which comedian and international award-winning science communicator, Emer Maguire will chat to a host of local STEM professionals, finding out why they [...]
Queens University Belfast is one of 24 UK Universities to have been named among the first-ever successful applicants to The Alan Turing Institute’s Network Development Awards. Each of the outstanding universities demonstrated its own particular proven research excellence and a track record of translation in data science, AI, or a [...]
Dr Peter Highnam will head up the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) as its first CEO, from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today (1 February 2022) appointed Dr Peter Highnam as Chief Executive of the UK’s new Advanced Research and [...]
To support and accelerate the digitalisation of the manufacturing industry, KTN is working with UKRI to drive innovation to support the adoption of digital technology through Made Smarter. Made Smarter is one of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programmes, investing £147m into creating a fully connected, dynamic manufacturing ecosystem [...]
The Regulatory Horizons Council is currently seeking a new Chairperson. Based within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the role is based in London, but applications are welcome from those based outside London but with the expectation they may need to travel to London periodically with a time [...]
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will shortly announce funding opportunities for new Turing Artificial Intelligence (AI) World-Leading Researcher Fellows. This further investment to double the number of Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellows was announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak following the success of the first five fellows announced last year. These prestigious [...]
A number of competitions from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) will run this year and ICE is seeking student or graduate members in Northern Ireland to apply. The Emerging Engineers award is open to student and graduate members and applicants are invited to submit papers on any topic related [...]
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has announced that Queen’s University Belfast and NVIDIA will invest £5.4 million in a joint Research and Development (R&D) project with the aim to accelerate artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber security research in Northern Ireland. Part of the project will be funded through a £1.7 million R&D grant [...]
The Small Business Research Initiative provides the public sector with innovative solutions to problems that will drive improvement, and allows suppliers to develop products and services working collaboratively with the public-sector, enabling them to develop new skills, expertise and markets. Any public sector organisation may apply for SBRI funding. Projects [...]
The Department for the Economy is offering 20 high quality training places in its Accelerate Digital Assured Skills Academy with IT Consulting, Solutions and Managed Services delivery provider Version 1. Funded by the Department, the Assured Skills Academy will see successful applicants receive practical, real world training for roles as [...]
The Chair of the Matrix Panel, Dr Robert Grundy, has given evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s Inquiry on Investment Northern Ireland alongside Prof Emma Flynn, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Queens University Belfast and Philip McBride, Belfast Managing Director at Thales UK. Dr Grundy told the Committee [...]