Register for SciFest

Uppsala University and SLU are organising SciFest at Fyrishov, Uppsala, from 8 to 10 October. The festival is well attended and and usually has around 7000 visitors during its three days.

Curiosity

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. You will learn to explain your research in an accessible way and make new contacts. 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. They find it's a fun thing to do together.

Interactive activities

Think about how you can present your research with the help of games, experiments, quizzes, competitions or other activities where visitors can touch, smell, listen and experience. How can the visitors contribute? Maybe they can make/build something or vote on something? The SciFest team will help you develop your activity.

Support and tips

SciFest is offering a workshop on 8 and 18 May at Uppsala University Museum (Gustavianum) where you can get tips and help to design your activity. The workshops are led by Leif Hallsén and Cecilia Ödman, who work with activities at the museum.

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

Register for SciFest before 10 June 

There you can also find more information about the workshops.

Researchers' Grand Prix

The national heat of Researchers' Grand Prix will be held at SciFest in Uppsala on 9 October. And you can participate! Send yout application to:
Researchers' Grand Prix National Heat 2026 - Forskar Grand Prix

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All information can be found on: Exhibitors - SciFest