Glasgow Science Festival 2025 – Proposals Now Open!
Published: 21 October 2024
In 2025 the city of Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party!
In 2025 the city of Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party! To mark the occasion, this year’s festival will run from the 5th to 15th June 2025 with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. We’re thinking party games, music and wanting to foster a feeling of excitement. Let’s explore the city’s culture, bring people together and share the best of research in a fun and informal way.
This theme is widely open to your interpretation but as a guide, we want to celebrate all things Glasgow. From the growth of the city to the importance of the River Clyde. We want to celebrate the amazing scientific research being done here along with the people from past and present who have made all this possible.
We are taking inspiration from the city coat of arms, which features an oak tree, robin, bell and two salmon, each with a ring in its mouth. Remembered by the poem:
Here's the tree that never grew, here’s the bird that never flew,
here’s the bell that never rang, here’s the fish that never swam.
We aren’t just celebrating Glasgow though. We warmly welcome colleagues from across Scotland and beyond, celebrating Scotland’s outstanding contribution to research, and the people behind it.
Our partners have a very broad research base, so as always, please don’t worry if you have a great idea that doesn’t fit with the theme. Not all our activities will, and we would still want to hear from you. We will continue to offer our online content ‘Science on the Sofa’ throughout June. GSF is a STEAMS festival, encompassing Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Mathematics and Social Science. Proposals from all fields are very welcome.
All information about the festival and how to submit your proposal can be found on our website. Proposals will remain open until Monday 13th January 2025.
A short video containing some highlights from the 2024 festival can be viewed on our YouTube channel Glasgow Science Festival 2024: Glasgow's Transforming (youtube.com).
Not sure if GSF is for you? Or looking for inspiration? Come along to one of our online info sessions to find out more along with how to apply.
Tuesday 29th October 10-10:45am
Wednesday 20th November 2-2:45pm
Sign up on our website through Eventbrite.
Looking forward to hearing your proposals! Any questions can be directed to sciencefestival@glasgow.ac.uk.
First published: 21 October 2024
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