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January 2023

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

Stephen Herdman2023-01-25T10:55:51+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 [...]

Upskill in a key growth area with a free course from The Open University

Stephen Herdman2023-01-19T10:05:03+00:00January 19th, 2023|Education & Research|

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 2023 NI Science Festival

Stephen Herdman2023-01-13T16:21:58+00:00January 13th, 2023|Creative Technology, Education & Research, Innovation|

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 [...]

New SBRI competition aims to identify practical solutions for livestock waste

Stephen Herdman2023-01-09T13:52:00+00:00January 9th, 2023|Agrifood, Innovation, SBRI|

A new competition, funded by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) and focused on delivering a sustainable Utilisation of Livestock Slurry, has been launched by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). SBRI provides the public sector with innovative solutions to problems that will drive improvement and allows [...]

Report recommends establishing NI’s first public panel on data use

Stephen Herdman2022-12-01T16:33:11+00:00December 1st, 2022|Innovation|

A report from a pilot initiative has recommended establishing a public panel to consider how data is used in research, innovation and decision-making in Northern Ireland. This would see Northern Ireland join Scotland and Wales as devolved jurisdictions of the UK with public panels dedicated to considering questions from their unique national contexts, and [...]

Co-Centres Programme to build UK and Ireland research networks in climate and food sustainability research

Stephen Herdman2022-11-25T10:30:36+00:00November 25th, 2022|Agrifood, Sustainable Energy|

A new €74 million programme, funded jointly by the DAERA, UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland, will support large-scale, virtual Centres with the aim of strengthening the research and innovation base across the UK and Ireland, building strategic partnerships across these regions within the areas of climate, and sustainable and resilient [...]

Three new competitions launched by SBRI Wales

Stephen Herdman2022-11-22T16:12:15+00:00November 22nd, 2022|Innovation, Life & Health Sciences, SBRI|

SBRI Wales have just launched three exciting new challenges worth a total of £500k in Phase 1, plus a briefing event that will cover all three. The deadline for all these competitions is December 14th 2022. SBRIs are fully funded competitions which are open to all businesses (sole traders, partnerships [...]

Matrix to partner Northern Ireland Economic Conference

Stephen Herdman2022-11-18T10:42:35+00:00November 18th, 2022|Business & Investment|

Matrix will partner with the Northern Ireland Economic Conference, Northern Ireland’s premier economic analysis event on 30th November at the Hilton Hotel, Templepatrick. Now in its 27th year, the event is unique in being the only forum that takes a high-level look at the performance of, and prospects for the [...]

SBRI team holds Wicked Problem Clinic at NICON22

Stephen Herdman2022-11-14T13:46:06+00:00November 14th, 2022|Innovation, SBRI, Uncategorised|

Seven staff from the SBRI team were at the NICON22 conference held at La Mon hotel in October 2022. This was the first time for the SBRI programme to be showcased at the event. Both the information stand in the exhibition hall and the “wicked witch” themed Café Conversation were [...]

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

Stephen Herdman2022-11-07T11:13:27+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 [...]

AMIC launches Strategic Technology Roadmap

Stephen Herdman2022-10-26T14:01:32+01:00October 26th, 2022|Advanced Materials & Engineering|

The Strategic Technology Roadmap has been published following a detailed consultation on technology and skills needs for the next decade with over 100 leaders in advanced manufacturing on behalf of the £98m Belfast Region City Deal-funded Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC). The Roadmap has identified key priorities for AMIC to improve [...]

Northern Ireland can harness the power of clean hydrogen to build a future economy

Stephen Herdman2022-10-19T09:30:39+01:00October 19th, 2022|MATRIX partner, Sustainable Energy, Uncategorised|

A new report published by Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, shows that Northern Ireland is the ideal location to develop a future economy powered by green hydrogen. Northern Ireland’s Future Hydrogen Capability and Demand, produced in conjunction with Frontier Economics, reveals that Northern Ireland can utilise its natural [...]

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