UKIZ/BACKBONE · MATRIX

What does every mission depend on?

A connected national system.

Eleven missions. Nine backbone capabilities. No arbitrary numeric scores — each cell is a judgement based on the constraints each mission actually reports.

Proposed by UKIZ · independent · not a government designation

The matrix

Dependency of each proposed national innovation mission on each backbone capability
Mission	AI & Compute	Capital & Financial Services	Cybersecurity & Digital Trust	Talent & Skills	Research & Universities	IP & Commercialisation	Professional & Business Services	International Market Access	Physical & Digital Connectivity
01Life Sciences & Health Innovation	Important	Critical	Relevant	Important	Critical	Critical	Relevant	Important	Relevant
02Engineering Biology & Biomanufacturing	Relevant	Critical	Relevant	Important	Critical	Important	Relevant	Important	Critical
03Quantum Technologies	Important	Critical	Important	Critical	Critical	Important	Relevant	Relevant	Relevant
04Semiconductors, Photonics & Advanced Connectivity	Relevant	Critical	Important	Critical	Important	Relevant	Relevant	Important	Critical
05Advanced Materials	Important	Critical	Relevant	Important	Critical	Critical	Relevant	Important	Relevant
06Future Mobility & Advanced Manufacturing	Important	Critical	Relevant	Critical	Important	Relevant	Important	Relevant	Critical
07Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Critical	Critical	Important	Critical	Important	Important	Relevant	Relevant	Relevant
08Space & Satellite Technologies	Important	Critical	Relevant	Important	Critical	Relevant	Relevant	Critical	Important
09Clean Energy Systems & Industrial Decarbonisation	Relevant	Critical	Relevant	Critical	Important	Relevant	Important	Important	Critical
10Defence, Security & Dual-Use Technology	Important	Critical	Critical	Critical	Important	Relevant	Important	Relevant	Relevant
11AgriTech & Future Food Systems	Important	Critical	Relevant	Important	Critical	Relevant	Relevant	Important	Critical

Read down a column and the point of the model becomes visible: capital, research and talent are demanded by every mission. Building nine separate versions of them in eleven places would be the most expensive possible way to solve that.

Backbone capabilities →The eleven missions →