Get involved in the British Science Festival 2025

The prestigious British Science Festival is coming to Liverpool in 2025 and organisations across the city can get involved to deliver engaging events and activities.

Liverpool John Moores University is jointly hosting the festival – Europe’s longest standing science festival – with the University of Liverpool and the British Science Association from Wednesday 10 September until Sunday 14 September.

The programme will feature approximately 100 free events, exhibitions, performances and installations that celebrate the people, stories and ideas at the heart of science. 

How you can get involved

Organisers are currently building the programme of activity, with individuals and teams from the two universities submitting proposals for the event.

Other academics, businesses and other organisations are also invited to put forward ideas through an open call for events which is open until Monday 20 January 2025. There are lots of opportunities for collaboration around the festival, so if you would like to get involved or find out more, please email the British Science Association.

More about the festival

The first British Science Festival meeting took place in York in 1831. The festival last visited the city of Liverpool in 2008, making the 2025 festival its ninth visit since the annual meetings began 194 years ago.

The festival provides a setting for people who may not necessarily have an interest in science to find out more about subjects from space and food, to wildlife and health, and much more.

The goal of the festival is to engage audiences with world-class research in an accessible and digestible manner. Researchers from around the UK will discuss what their work means to society and its impact on people’s everyday lives.