UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is looking for new council members. UKRI brings together seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. Their work encompasses everything from the physical, biological and social sciences, to innovation, engineering, medicine, the environment and the cultural impact of the arts and humanities. In all [...]
The latest ISCF challenge launches on 6th July, and will explore the opportunities for using digital solutions to improve manufacturing supply chains. The aim of the Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge, as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge, is to help the UK manufacturing industry to become more productive and competitive [...]
Enterprise Ireland (EI) has approved a total of €1.14m joint funding to drive collaborative projects, or ‘Challenges’, between innovative companies and the public sector. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme encourages businesses to explore and co-design unique solutions with public sector teams, through competitive Challenges. 23 applications from public [...]
Belfast City Council has launched a new digital innovation matchmaking service www.CovidConnectNI.com in response to Covid-19. The pandemic has created a range of challenges for public, voluntary and community sector organisations, many of which require the innovative use of digital technology to continue to deliver their critical services or to [...]
Belfast company SureCert has been awarded Government NHSx funding through the recent Techforce19 call for its digital platform, which connects people with job and volunteering opportunities. Working in partnership with Experian PLC and the GB Group, SureCert’s platform for digital identity can provide both elements of the recruiting process – [...]
KTN has announced the call for companies to participate in its fourth year of Agri-Food Tech investment training and showcase event. Applications close on 6th May 2020. This year KTN has broadened the scope to include Food-Tech. The KTN’s Agri-Food Tech Investment Showcase, supported by Farm491 and Rabobank, will take [...]
Ulster University Professor and Matrix panellist Jim McLaughlin, has been appointed along with Professor Tara Moore to a new Government led Rapid Test Consortium, via local company CIGA Healthcare. As the UK government starts to review an exit strategy from the current Covid-19 lockdown, testing and in particular accurate community testing is key [...]
UK businesses driving innovation and development will be helped through the coronavirus outbreak with a £1.25 billion government support package, the Chancellor announced today. Rishi Sunak said the targeted and tailored help would ensure firms in some of the most dynamic sectors of the UK economy – ranging from tech [...]
By Dr Rob Grundy, Matrix Chair The evolving Covid-19 crisis is affecting every science and technology orientated business in Northern Ireland. There are a number of aspects that would be considered a normal part of the jigsaw of business as usual that are being severely affected. These prevent our companies [...]
A full month of events across Northern Ireland has been officially launched to celebrate the strength and excellence of Northern Ireland’s manufacturing and engineering sector. Manufacturing Month NI, led by Manufacturing NI, is running for the entire month of March. A series of events, talks, workshops, workplace tours, and the [...]
Build a Plane Northern Ireland Project (BAPNI) has got underway with the support of The Air League and Boeing who have funded the engine of the aircraft. The project will see groups from shared education partnerships across the country build a Sherwood Scout, a two-seater, high wing monoplane, which has [...]
A new programme has been launched offering the chance for agritech startups to access funding of up to €30k to develop their ideas. EIT Food Seedbed is a Pre-accelerator programme which trains and supports teams over a six-month period to help them better understand the needs of their customers and [...]