What is SciFest?
SciFest’s main object is: To promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education through the provision of a forum for students at local/regional/national level to present and display their scientific investigations.
The SciFest programme consists of a series of one-day STEM fairs for second-level students. SciFest was set up to encourage an interest in, and love of, the STEM subjects. It is designed to be as inclusive and accessible as possible. Established in 2006 SciFest is now one of the largest Science fairs in the country, and is second only to the BTYSTE
SciFest 2023
The popularity of science was brilliantly illustrated as we had an unprecedented 25 students with 16 projects entered for the Galway finals held at ATU in May. Every single group had a great day out and wowed the judges with their presentations. And, to ice the cake we had a winner as Aoibheann O'Grady Corcoran won the Boston Scientific Medical Devices award for her project 'Watch Out! Helping to detect unnoticed falls amongst the elderly'. Some of the participants now hope to display their projects at the BTYSTE in 2024, so fingers crossed!
SciFest 2022
We had some brilliant projects on display at the GMIT staging of SciFest in May 2022. Many aspects of science were covered, from biology and the environment, to space and physics and of course Chemistry. And, it was great to get some success and win a few prizes. Dan Carey won the Award for Biological and Environmental Science with his project detailing the ‘Carbon Footprint of Macrofauna’ while Cathal O’Grady Corcoran and Liam Murphy won the Award for Chemistry with their project detailing the best way to ‘Preserve Vitamin C’ through different cooking methods. Their teacher, Anthony Carey, also picked up the award as best Chemistry teacher. All in all it was a great experience for each of our seven groups taking part
