Register for SciFest science festival in October

SciFest is your chance to present your research to schoolchildren and the general public. You can expect lots of questions and exciting discussions. All you need is an interesting and fun activity – and judging by previous years, Uppsala's researchers are creative! The SciFest team will help you develop your activity.

Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are organising SciFest at Fyrishov, Uppsala, from 10 to 12 October 2024. At its peak, SciFest has attracted more than 8,500 visitors.

The science festival aims to stimulate curiosity and interest in science among children and young people – some of them hopefully future students at Uppsala University or SLU. It is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet people from outside academia – meetings that will give you both energy and new ideas. Maybe it will make it easier to write that application or article you are struggling with.

This is a great way for universities to contribute to society. Many research groups return to the festival year after year.

All that’s needed to take part is enthusiastic researchers and students, an interesting activity and something to attract people to your stand. Think about ways of presenting your research through games, experiments, quizzes, competitions or other hands-on activities that visitors can feel, smell, hear and experience. How can visitors be involved? Maybe they can build something or vote on something?

You can contact Anna Lundmark, SLU's representative in the SciFest project group, if you have any questions or want to discuss ideas.

SciFest – more information and registration

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