January 2023

New cross-border health initiative to tackle tech implementation and adoption in hospital healthcare settings

2023-01-25T10:55:51+00:00January 25th, 2023|Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

November 2022

Queen’s University partnership wins Innovate UK’s top KTP award

2022-11-07T11:13:27+00:00November 7th, 2022|Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

September 2022

New SBRI to address Healthy Ageing challenges

2022-09-05T10:17:45+01:00September 5th, 2022|Business & Investment, Life & Health Sciences, Social Innovation|

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 [...]

March 2022

Northern Ireland Start-ups amongst Tech Nation Rising Stars 4.0 finalists

2022-03-10T16:16:23+00:00March 10th, 2022|Agrifood, Innovation, Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

February 2022

EmTech Europe’s Innovators Under 35 now open for nominations

2022-02-11T09:59:18+00:00February 11th, 2022|Creative Technology, Education & Research, Innovation, Life & Health Sciences, STEM|

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. [...]

September 2021

August 2021

NI Consortium chosen as Homes for Healthy Ageing Location Partner

2021-08-12T12:55:33+01:00August 12th, 2021|Innovation, Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

February 2021

October 2020

August 2020

NI Economy Minister highlights the strengths and potential of our Life & Health Sciences sector

2020-08-11T14:48:00+01:00August 11th, 2020|Life & Health Sciences|

Economy Minister Diane Dodds recently published the following article on the Life and Health Sciences sector: Northern Ireland has a burgeoning Life and Health Sciences (LHS) sector with a vibrant academic community, globally renowned companies and a uniquely integrated health and social care system. My new economic recovery plan - [...]

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