The Royal Academy of Engineering is gathering evidence to produce a guide for academic entrepreneurs who wish to commercialise their research by spinning out. In order that this guide be neutral and balanced, RAEng want to understand the motivations behind each stakeholder’s engagement in the spinout journey, hearing insightful lessons [...]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has launched the sequel to last year’s Future Fund: Breakthrough (FF:B). It’s a new £375m UK-wide scheme which will encourage private investors to co-invest with the government in high-growth, innovative firms. Research and development intensive businesses receiving an investment round of £30m or more will be able [...]
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 [...]
Christine Boyle of solar company Senergy Innovations and Dr Rachel Gawley of healthcare apps company AppAttic were among 15 winners in Innovate UK's ‘infocus’ competition for Women in Innovation, announced at an award ceremony held at London’s Royal Society of Arts. The winners come from a variety of sectors including health, nuclear energy, transport [...]
Companies from Northern Ireland are being particularly encouraged to apply for the 2016 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards. The Royal Irish Academy and the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, who jointly run the competition, are now seeking expressions of interest from companies across the island of Ireland who can demonstrate exemplary research innovation characterised [...]
The Northern Ireland R&D figures for 2013 have just been published by DETI in their Annual Statistics Bulletin. This bulletin provides information on the level of Research & Development (R&D) activity in Northern Ireland. R&D activity contributes to the development of new technologies, products and processes and is a key driver of [...]
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Arlene Foster, has launched the MATRIX Foresight Report Into the Exploitation of Intellectual Capital by SMEs in Northern Ireland. MATRIX Intellectual Capital Report February 2014 The Minister said: “Innovation and development is vital for Northern Ireland’s economic future and it is important that the small [...]
As the year begins we often look forward to the technological advances that might change the fortunes of clinical practice, the economy and society. The media provides comment on the accuracy of predictions of writers and scientists in years past, and invariably there will be a comparison with the world [...]