Introduction to Matrix Connects "Matrix Connects" is an exciting new series of case studies by Matrix, spotlighting groundbreaking advancements in STEM across Northern Ireland. We are thrilled to present our first ever case study, featuring Empatheyes, an innovative social enterprise founded by Sara McCracken, that is making waves with their [...]
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 [...]
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 Connected Places Catapult (CPC) has announced the names of the five companies that will work on the housing technology testbed projects in Northern Ireland. It has revealed details of plans for the Homes for Healthy Ageing programme, which involves a consortium of agencies in Northern Ireland running trials of digital [...]
A new ‘Civic Dollars’ mobile phone app, developed with support from Belfast City Council and the Department of Justice means that people can now earn rewards for the time they spend in their local parks and open spaces. The Connswater Community Greenway will be the first area to go live [...]
Elemental Software, the award-winning tech for good company specialising in social prescribing technology is to become part of Servelec, the leading supplier of digital care software across health, social care, education and youth services in the UK. The acquisition of the Northern Ireland company by Servelec will see Elemental Software [...]
Women with potential to be successful entrepreneurs and leaders in innovation can apply for support and funding to help them to succeed. Innovate UK has up to £200,000 and a package of tailored support to award to businesswomen who have exciting ideas and the potential to become leaders in innovation [...]
Innovate UK has published its delivery plan for the year 2016/17 outlining its intentions to promote and accelerate business innovation and to drive and support economic growth across the whole of the UK. This is Innovate UK's first delivery plan in the new Spending Review period, and marks some significant changes in the way it [...]
Local entrepreneurs could win up to €280,000 through InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition 2015. The competition is now in its 13th year and is looking for young companies from all business sectors to apply. The Seedcorn competition mirrors the real life investment process and is aimed at early and new start [...]
The Northern Ireland Science Park has just launched a new programme designed to encourage budding entrepreneurs with a paid internship and the opportunity to win £10,000. Generation Innovation is a network for Northern Ireland’s most ambitious, innovative, creative and entrepreneurial teens. It's aimed at budding entrepreneurs, gamers, App developers, programmers, engineers, [...]
The 2015 European Social Innovation Competition has been launched, with €50 000 in prize money for the top three project ideas. Now in its third year, the competition is aimed at individuals and organisations that have 'game changing' ideas for EU social innovation projects. This years’ theme ‘New Ways to [...]
The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has published a consultation paper for a successor to the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation. The document sets out some background to a range of issues, around eight key pillars, to be considered in the formulation of a new strategy: Investment in STI [...]