A new competition, funded by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) and focused on increasing household recycling practice through the novel use of persuasive technologies, has been launched by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in conjunction with Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and NILGA. SBRI provides the [...]
Two Northern Ireland winners were amongst recipients of Women In Innovation Awards 2022/23. The Women in Innovation Programme was launched in 2016 by Innovate UK with the overall aim of increasing gender equality in business-led innovation. The annual competition from Innovate UK supports and celebrates remarkable women entrepreneurs and senior [...]
Four researchers from Queen's University Belfast’s Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) will play a major role in two new research and innovation platforms set up by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The platforms, which each represent a £2 million investment by EPSRC, will support UK research efforts [...]
The Expression of Interest is now open for the latest round of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI|NI), a fully funded programme from the Department for the Economy which seeks to solve problems within the public sector for which no solution currently exists. SBRINI provides the public sector with innovative [...]
Cabinet Secretary Simon Chase MP has announced the appointment of Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS as the new Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). Dame Angela, who is currently Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry of Defence, was selected by the Prime Minister following an open competition and will be [...]
Scientists from across the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) gathered at Stormont Castle on 13th February to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The special occasion, hosted by Head of Civil Service Jayne Brady, welcomed colleagues from every department and from a diverse spectrum of scientific fields [...]
Belfast City Council has announced proposals for a Smart District that will harness digital innovation to support the transformation of Belfast city centre. The Smart District is one of several initiatives in the council’s new Smart Belfast Urban Innovation Framework. The aim of the framework is to encourage city partners [...]
Armagh Observatory and National Museums NI are among 45 places awarded to museums, science and discovery centres, and changemaker individuals across the UK on new learning and grants programme for 2023 Mindsets + Missions is a new learning and grants programme, funded by UK Research and Innovation, which supports museums [...]
The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), a new independent research body to fund high-risk, high-reward scientific research, has formally launched, coinciding with appointment of 5 new members to the ARIA board, including Nobel Prize winning chemist Professor Sir David MacMillan who will guide the agency in its mission to [...]
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 [...]
The Open University (OU) has opened applications for a range of postgraduate courses and short microcredential courses, fully funded through the Department for the Economy’s Skill Up initiative. Hundreds of places are available across 27 courses with savings of up to £3,200 in course fees. Postgraduate courses provide skills and [...]
Matrix will partner with the NI Science Festival which, now in its ninth year, has grown to become the largest celebration of its kind on the island of Ireland and in its relatively short lifespan became one of the leading Science Festivals in the whole of Europe. With over 200 [...]