The National Science on Stage Festival in Portugal

Portugal's National Science on Stage Festival 2025, the national selection event for the International Science on Stage Festival 2026, will take place on October 25 and 26, 2025 at the Instituto Superior Técnico – Oeiras Campus, Taguspark, Porto Salvo, municipality of Oeiras.

You can find all information on the Portuguese event page.

How to participate?
Teachers, from preschool to secondary education, across various STEM disciplines, are invited to submit projects with innovative ideas for science teaching to the National Science on Stage Festival 2025. Applications from teachers in initial training are particularly welcome. Application deadline: October 6, 2025.

✯ Download the Application Form and fill it out in English. (The official language of the Science on Stage Festival is English, so all applications must be submitted in English.)
✯ Projects must align with one of the proposed themes for the European Science on Stage Festival 2026 – see Guiding Themes – and follow the required criteria – see Selection Criteria.
✯ Once completed, send the form along with any attachments (high-resolution images and graphics related to the project) to scienceonstage@nuclio.org.

✯ Participating teachers will have the opportunity to present their projects at stands within the IST – Oeiras Campus facilities.
✯ Stand setup will occur on October 25, before the festival opening (time to be announced).
✯ In addition to project presentation materials, teachers must bring their project poster, already printed, to the festival. Poster templates can be downloaded here, according to the chosen theme.
✯ During the National Festival, the NUCLIO team will organize various workshops and an accredited training course on innovative science teaching methodologies.