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 [...]
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton MLA today announced a digital partnership with the Estonian government. He made the announcement during a two day visit to Estonia as part of the Invest NI trade mission to the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. A concordat has been signed between the Estonian Information [...]
This morning saw the Belfast workshop for the Innovate UK smart products from smart materials competition take place at Riddel Hall. This was the third in a series of events being held across the UK to give potential applicants the opportunity to find out more about the call and understand [...]
George Freeman MP, Minister for Life Sciences, has outlined the key measures impacting the life & health sector from this week's Budget. £135 million of funding was announced for a range of Life Science and health related activities, with a new interdisciplinary research institute, further funding for the Crick, investment in [...]
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 [...]
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has published a guide highlighting a range of jobs which are all "Careers of the Future". Based on extensive research and the latest data from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), this guide presents a list of jobs which will offer [...]
The Northern Ireland R&D figures for 2013 have just been published by DETI in their Annual Statistics Bulletin. This bulletin provides information on the level of Research & Development (R&D) activity in Northern Ireland. R&D activity contributes to the development of new technologies, products and processes and is a key driver of [...]
John McMullan, Chief Executive of Bryson Charitable Group and Bryan Keating, Chair of MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel officially launched the Horizon Report Harnessing the Power of Social Innovation. Download the Social Innovation report. The report, which was developed by a panel of experts from across the sector [...]
The announcement that a Queen's University Belfast led collaboration with the University of Glasgow and industry has received £8.1m for a new centre to tackle some of the challenges created by the increasing quantities of data generated by society has been welcomed by MATRIX Chair, Dr Bryan Keating. Dr Keating [...]
Enterprise and Energy Minister Arlene Foster today launched the MATRIX Horizon Panel report into Sustainable Energy. MATRIX Sustainability Report February 2013 The report sets out the current capability of the Sustainable Energy technology sector in Northern Ireland and outlines future global market opportunities for local companies to exploit. It identifies [...]