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 [...]
Northern Ireland stands on the cusp of a significant transformation in the Life and Health Sciences (LHS) sector, driven by strategic investments and collaborative initiatives underpinned by the City and Growth Deals. Today, MATRIX - the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel released a critical foresight study that explores the sector's [...]
A new cross-border health initiative has been launched to create an all-island healthcare SME network to tackle tech implementation and adoption in hospital healthcare settings. Supported by InterTradeIreland’s Synergy initiative, the All-Island MedTech SMEs (AIMS) is being delivered by Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) and the Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI). AIMs [...]
SBRI Wales have just launched three exciting new challenges worth a total of £500k in Phase 1, plus a briefing event that will cover all three. The deadline for all these competitions is December 14th 2022. SBRIs are fully funded competitions which are open to all businesses (sole traders, partnerships [...]
A partnership between Queen’s University Belfast and Cirdan has been recognised by Innovate UK as the ‘Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership’ of 2022 out of 800 UK wide projects for its exceptional achievements and real-world impact. Lisburn-based Cirdan partnered with Queen’s University Belfast in an effort to address the issues arising [...]
Have you got an innovative solution to address InnovateUK’s Healthy Ageing challenge? A new SBRI competition from InnovateUK, the UK’s innovation agency has launched and is offering up to £3million in funding to social ventures to provide innovative solutions to address Healthy Ageing’s “seven themes of ageing”, including creating healthy [...]
Launched in 2021, Connected Places Catapult Homes for Healthy Ageing programme explores some of the most pressing challenges facing an ageing population and with the aim of allowing people to live longer, happier and healthier lives in their own homes. Connected Places Catapult has committed to delivering 5 testbeds across [...]
Two Northern Ireland based start-ups have made the finals of Tech Nation’s Rising Stars 4.0 competition. Biotech and Life Sciences firm Kinva and Agrifood and Foodtech company CropSafe are amongst the 20 finalists who impressed an expert panel of judges led by GP Bullhound Vice President Ed Prior and included [...]
Nominations are open now for EmTech Europe’s Innovators Under 35 Festival which is being held in Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal from 19th - 21st May. Innovators Under 35 Europe Festival 2021 presents an excellent opportunity to meet the next generation of innovators, who will transform our lives through their technological advances. [...]
Our Future Health’s Technology Advisory Board is currently recruiting for Board Members, searching for experts in a range of technology areas, the full scope of which is listed on LinkedIn to support the Our Future Health initiative. Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest-ever health research programme, bringing people [...]
Connected Places Catapult has announced that a Northern Ireland consortium and Sunderland City Council are to be the first two location partners in its Homes for Healthy Ageing Programme. The Northern Ireland consortium will comprise: Ulster University Connected Health Innovation Centre (CHIC) Queen’s University Belfast Age NI Belfast City Council [...]
The NHS AI Lab Skunkworks is looking to find, fund and resource the most promising AI experimentation in the health and care ecosystem. Giuseppe Sollazzo, Head of NHS AI Lab’s Skunkworks, urges NHS and HSC colleagues to consider their workplace problems and apply to pitch them in a Dragon’s Den-style [...]