British Science Festival 2025 Award Lectures

The British Science Association (BSA) are accepting applications for the 2025 British Science Festival Award Lectures.

Apply by 23.59 UK time on 11 December 2024

The BSA has been rewarding promising early career scientists for over 30 years, many of whom are now successful science communicators. Previous Award Lecturers include household names including Brian Cox, Richard Wiseman and Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

The Award Lectures aim to promote open and informed discussions on issues involving science to a diverse and non-specialist audience. The BSA aim to actively encourage and support early career scientists to engage with the public and to explore the social aspects of their research. The target audiences include young people aged 16 – 30 and those who are underrepresented in science. The Award Lectures also present an opportunity for these groups to see themselves represented in science, inspiring engagement and inclusion.

British Science Festival Award Lectures

Awards are available in seven different areas and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation

  • Agricultural, biological and medical sciences
  • Digital innovation
  • Engineering, technology and industry 
  • Environmental sciences
  • Physical sciences and mathematics
  • Science and the arts
  • Social sciences

Award Lecture applicants should be: 

  • Active early career researchers producing original and high quality work
  • Passionate about communicating their research to the wider public, particularly our target audiences 
  • Working at, or with, a UK-based University 
  • Available to present their Award Lecture during the British Science Festival which will be held in Liverpool from Wednesday 10 – Sunday 14 September 2025, hosted by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University

The selected Award Lecturers will receive the following: 

  • £250 honorarium 
  • Free public engagement training from an expert in our London office or other London based venue, with travel expenses covered 
  • Travel to and from the festival, as well as up to two nights of accommodation during the festival 

Please note, travel can only be covered within the UK, no international travel can be expensed. Non UK residents may apply so long as they are working with a UK-based University, however, these applicants must be able to provide valid proof of right to work in the UK. 

Visit the BSA website for full details of this opportunity and to apply. 

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