The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s STEM for BRITAIN 2026 will take place in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 17th March 2026
STEM for BRITAIN is a major scientific poster competition and exhibition which has been held in Parliament since 1997 and is organised by the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee. Chaired by George Freeman FRSA MP, its aim is to give members of both Houses of Parliament an insight into the outstanding research work being undertaken in UK universities by early-career researchers.
A wide range of important scientific, engineering and mathematics institutions and organisations lend their support to this event, including:
The Royal Society of Biology, the Institute of Physics, The Physiological Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, The Nutrition Society, The Institute of Biomedical Science, The Clay Mathematics Institute, The Heilbronn Institute, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, The Biochemical Society, The Society of Chemical Industry, The Isaac Newton Institute, AWE and Warwick Manufacturing Group
This reflects the importance we all attach to the encouragement of researchers at this stage in their careers.
Prizes are awarded for the posters presented in each discipline which best communicated high level science, engineering or mathematics to a lay audience.
The Westminster Medal for the overall winner is 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.
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