Dates: 9 Mar 2020
Deadline for applications: 2 Dec 2019
STEM for Britain 2020 will take place in the Houses of Parliament on Monday 9th March during British Science Week.
Applications open on Monday 23rd September 2019 to early-career research scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians who wish to exhibit posters in one of the following five areas:
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physics
There will be two poster exhibition and judging sessions during the day, each ending with a reception and prize-giving. The competition attracts over 500 entrants, of whom approximately one third are selected to present their work in Parliament.
This prestigious annual event, which is attended by a significant number of Members of Parliament and Peers, is sponsored by Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chair of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
The closing date for applications is Monday 2nd December.
Prizes will be awarded for the posters presented in each discipline which best communicate high level science, engineering or mathematics to a lay audience.
The Westminster Medal for the overall winner will be awarded in memory of the late Dr Eric Wharton, who did so much to establish SET for Britain as a regular event in the Parliamentary calendar from 1997.
In 2009, two years after Dr Wharton's untimely death, the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, together with Mrs Sue Wharton, revived the competition which has become known as STEM for Britain.
A wide range of important scientific, engineering and mathematics institutions and organisations are lending their support to this event, including the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, the Institute of Biomedical Science, the Clay Mathematics Institute, the Nutrition Society, the Heilbronn Institute, the Institute of Physics, Warwick Manufacturing Group, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, the Biochemical Society, and the Society of Chemical Industry.
For full details or to apply visit the call webpage.
