21st-24th October
Stirling Science Festival
The Stirling Science Festival will be back from 21-24 October promising fun for the whole family!
The festival theme is
Play • Move • Discover
The Science of Sport, Play and Wellbeing
The festival is funded by Stirling Council and Scottish Government and supported by the Programme Board Partners: Stirling Council services, Active Stirling, Codebase, University of Stirling and Deborah McNeill Consultancy.
Content Proposal Form
The Stirling Science Festival (SSF) Programme Board is inviting interested applicants to submit a proposal for participation in SSF 2026. Please fill out the application form by 7th June 2026.
Successful applicants will be contacted by 12 June 2026 and provided with an information pack which will explain in full detail everything you need to know to progress with being part of the festival.
Here is an outline of the timeline we are working too:
- Sunday, 7 June – Content proposal deadline
- Friday, 12 June – Confirmation of successful applications
- End June/Early July – Discussions with the team around content, dates, venues etc.
- Friday 24 July – Deadline for submitting event or activity information required to produce the programme (e.g., title, blurb, dates, times, venue, booking info as required)
- Friday 31 July – Deadline to provide digital content
- Monday 7 September – SSF26 programme goes live
- Wed 21 to Saturday 24 October – SSF 2026
- Oct to Dec – evaluation and reporting
