Have you been part of a team that’s made an incredible innovative leap with commercial viability that has provided a real benefit to society? Open to UK Based organisations and institutions the annual MacRobert Award, presented by the Worshipful Company of Engineers in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Engineering [...]
Our Deputy Chair, Mary McKenna, has joined DIT’s Global Entrepreneur Team as their first ever dealmaker dedicated to bringing founding teams & their innovative, tech-based businesses to Northern Ireland. Her new role will use her entrepreneurial experience, global network & detailed understanding of the Northern Irish investment & early stage [...]
Do you run a small, innovative business interested in making it as a public sector supplier? SBRI could provide the pathway for you to make a real difference to citizens and work with the public sector in Northern Ireland. Matrix has just launched a new feature on its website dedicated [...]
Matrix has been accepted as an Associate Member of the Foundation for Science and Technology, a UK charity providing an impartial platform for debate of policy issues that have a science, research, technology or innovation element. Established in 1977, the Foundation brings together brings together Parliamentarians, civil servants, industrialists, researchers, [...]
Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel is to partner AICon 2021, the ground-breaking artificial intelligence conference which is returning to Belfast for a hybrid event on Friday 3 December. Taking place at Titanic Belfast, the conference has been curated by Matrix Panel member and Kainos’ Director of Innovation Tom [...]
Dr Robert Grundy, the Chair of the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel - Matrix, recently attended Open Technology for Sustainability, a fringe event at COP26 - The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. In this article, Dr Grundy shares his impressions of the challenges now facing us as we seek [...]
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has completed a successful SBRI using AI to improve the frequency and accuracy of data on animal location and movement at a small area level in Northern Ireland. DAERA was looking to find a technology partner who would create an Artificial [...]
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine investment in Northern Ireland. The new inquiry will investigate the impact of UK Government investment strategies in the region and ask what more can be done to encourage new jobs and economic growth in Northern Ireland. Read the [...]
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today announced a new grant to support local businesses to develop and implement innovative projects. The £4million Economic Recovery Innovation Grant (ERIG) will provide up to £5,000 of support to SMEs develop new, or improve existing, products, services or processes through innovation. ERIG is a new [...]
This programme, delivered by the RAEng's Enterprise Hub, will support promising leaders of high-growth tech and engineering SMEs which display excellence in engineering. The Shott Scale Up Accelerator programme was previously known as the SME Leaders programme. The programme received a major boost through a gift from entrepreneur Ian Shott CBE [...]
Do you dream of starting up your own business, changing the world and being your own boss? The Royal Academy of Engineering has just launched its Regional Talent Engines programme. This is a new offer which will provide a tailored programme of support to aspiring engineering and technology entrepreneurs in [...]
Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel is to sponsor The Future of Work, Workforce and Workplace at Work: In Progress, an event being organised by Startacus which will run on Wednesday 10th November at the MAC Belfast. The Future jobs and talent planning stream will explore Tackling talent shortages [...]