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SciFest 🔬🔭 Calling all future scientists, engineers, and innovators! 🚀💫Step into a world of endless possibilities at a SciFest STEM Fair! 🌟🧪 Higgins as its sole Patron.

SciFest is Ireland’s largest STEM fair programme for second-level students. SciFest’s mission is to ensure every second-level student has an opportunity to develop critical STEM skillsets through participation in a STEM fair, irrespective of their ability, background, gender or circumstance. SciFest operates across the whole island of Ireland and throughout the entire school year and, being locally and regionally based and free to enter, it is highly inclusive and accessible. The SciFest programme was founded by the current CEO, Sheila Porter. The first SciFest STEM fair took place in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght in 2006. The programme was launched nationwide in 2008, with some 1600 students taking part in nine fairs in regional venues. In 2025 over 16,000 students took part in over one 165 SciFest fairs, local, regional and national. The SciFest programme consists of one-day STEM fairs hosted at local level in schools (SciFest@School), at regional level (SciFest@College) in TU Dublin (3 venues), ATU (3 venues), TUS (3 venues) DkIT, DCU, MTU (2 venues), SETU (2 venues) and St Mary's College, Derry, culminating in a national competition for the overall winners of each regional event. Winning students from the National Final represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in America, The Eskom EXPO International Science Fair in South Africa and the Berlin Long Night of Science. SciFest is funded entirely by sponsorship. The main sponsors are Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific, EirGrid, Mallinckrodt, Research Ireland and the Department of Education. SciFest is also supported by a number of other companies and organisations. The ongoing expansion and development of the SciFest programme continues to create opportunities for additional sponsors. SciFest is honoured to have the President of Ireland, Michael D. In 2016 SciFest joined Gaisce as an official Challenge Partner supporting The President's Award. The SciFest programme is run by a not-for-profit company, SciFest PLC:
CRO Number: 517787; Registered Charity Number: 20081270; CHY Number: 20478. RCN 20081270

🌍 More Global Recognition for Aditya! 🍀🇮🇪Congratulations to Aditya Surendran from Athlone Community College, who has qua...
19/10/2026

🌍 More Global Recognition for Aditya! 🍀🇮🇪

Congratulations to Aditya Surendran from Athlone Community College, who has qualified for Stage 3 of Intel’s global AI Impact Competition with his project, “Adaptive Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Consensus with Committee-Based Sublinear Routing”. Aditya will present his project to a panel of judges on Thursday.

All of us at SciFest wish him the very best of luck as he takes this exciting next step!

Irish Science Teachers Association Research Ireland Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Intel

🏆 Our SciFest Wall of Fame! 🔬Celebrating our STEM Champions from the SciFest National Final, all the way back to 2012! 🌟...
16/10/2026

🏆 Our SciFest Wall of Fame! 🔬

Celebrating our STEM Champions from the SciFest National Final, all the way back to 2012! 🌟

This year's SciFest National and Global STEM Fair 2026 takes place on the 3 and 4 December 🤩

Could you be our next STEM Champion? 👀🏆

15/10/2026

“They learn so many skills coming here to SciFest. They get to research. They get to present their information to the judges, and the judges give them so much time to listen to all their findings……what I’ve really noticed about the students is their confidence and communication skills have really increased since last year at the competition.”

Róisín O’Keeffe, Teacher, St Marys Secondary School Macroom, Co Cork

Irish Science Teachers Association Society for Science EirGrid Cork ETB Youth Services Cork Science Festival

15/10/2026

Check out the SciFest website, www.scifest.ie for more information.

From showcasing your project at your local SciFest@School fair to presenting at a regional SciFest@College event, the op...
13/10/2026

From showcasing your project at your local SciFest@School fair to presenting at a regional SciFest@College event, the opportunities don't stop there! 🏆

Top projects can progress to the SciFest National Final, where award winners can earn the opportunity to represent Ireland at international STEM competitions. 🌍

One project could open up a world of opportunities! 👏

🇮🇪 🌍 It’s Official! SciFest’s Road to Regeneron ISEF 2027 Starts Here!We are delighted to announce that SciFest is offi...
13/10/2026

🇮🇪 🌍 It’s Official! SciFest’s Road to Regeneron ISEF 2027 Starts Here!

We are delighted to announce that SciFest is officially affiliated to Regeneron ISEF for 2027! With Regeneron’s support, we will be sending three projects to represent Ireland and compete at Regeneron ISEF 2027 in Los Angeles next May.

The three projects will be selected at the SciFest National & Global STEM Fair 2026 which will take place on 3 and 4 December at the Marino Institute of Education, Conference Centre, Dublin.

SciFest has been affiliated to ISEF since 2012, and in that time our students have brought home an outstanding 24 awards. 🏆 Many thanks to Regeneron for helping us give young people this amazing opportunity to showcase their research, meet students from around the world and take their STEM ambitions further.

We look forward to seeing who will take the next step from SciFest to the world stage.

Watch this space!

Regeneron Marino Institute of Education Society for Science Irish Science Teachers Association

Huge congratulations to Eve Prendergast on receiving a 2026 Teachers of Physics Award! 👏The award citation reads: “For a...
13/10/2026

Huge congratulations to Eve Prendergast on receiving a 2026 Teachers of Physics Award! 👏

The award citation reads: “For a transformative impact on the teaching and uptake of physics, both in curriculum time and through an annual SciFest fair which has led to Physics Olympiad involvement for students and cross-subject development for colleagues.”

Eve teaches at Clogher Road Community College in Crumlin, where she organises a SciFest@School each year. A dedicated teacher, she works tirelessly to promote STEM and inspire her students to explore, question and discover.

Well deserved, Eve!

Educate Together City of Dublin ETB Institute of Physics Irish Science Teachers Association

Where Are They Now? As we celebrate SciFest’s 20th Anniversary, our alumni series continues with another four former par...
10/10/2026

Where Are They Now?

As we celebrate SciFest’s 20th Anniversary, our alumni series continues with another four former participants who have gone on to excel in STEM. Their stories show where curiosity, creativity and a willingness to explore can lead.

✨ SciFest 2015: Hannah Killeen: Scientific Communications Officer at HIQA - Health Information and Quality Authority

✨ SciFest 2015: Odhran O'Dwyer: Associate Reliability Engineer at Analog Devices Philippines Friends, Graduate of Maths and Physics BSc from University of Limerick

✨ SciFest 2017: Darren O'Hara Duggan: Product Manager @ Paces, New York City Metropolitan Area

✨ SciFest 2018 - 2021: Áine Measey: Process Equipment Engineer at , County Dublin, Ireland

Irish Science Teachers Association

🌍 Robert Is Ready to Take on the World!Robert King is getting ready to take part in the SciFest National & Global STEM F...
09/10/2026

🌍 Robert Is Ready to Take on the World!

Robert King is getting ready to take part in the SciFest National & Global STEM Fair (NGSF) 2026 and what a journey he has had already! Now in second year at Pobalscoil Na Tríonóide, Youghal, Co. Cork, Robert was only in first year when he won the Best Project Award at the regional SciFest@College in the East Technological University, Waterford campus. The title of Robert's project was “From Pitch to Player: Measuring Exposure and Chemical Hazards in Astro-Turf Rubber Crumb”.

What an achievement! 👏 Congratulations to Robert and his teacher, Edel Charles.

We look forward to welcoming Robert alongside our Irish finalists and, for the first time, international students competing in person.

📅 3 and 4 December 2026

📍 Marino Institute of Education Conference Centre, Dublin

A special year for SciFest as we celebrate 20 years of “STEM for everyone”!

Irish Science Teachers Association Cork ETB Youth Services Cork Science Festival

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