Science is Wonderful! is the annual science fair organised by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Over 4000 primary and secondary school pupils from all corners of Belgium visit the fair. Since its inception in 2015, this fair interactively showcases EU-funded research projects and innovations through hands-on experiments, science shows, games and fun and inspiring activities. 

More information is expected to become available on the SIW website. Sign up for the newsletter here to receive updates. More information about the calls for applications for ERC grantees and MSCA fellows and alumni to showcase their projects on the fair's 2027 edition is available here and here.

Preliminary programme

17 March 2027 9.00-13.00
18 March 2027 9.00-15.00
19 March 2027 9.00-15.00

In the 2026 edition school groups and members of the public were welcomed to engage with MSCA scientists and their ERC colleagues across 43 booths and 13 science shows. A complete overview is available in this brochure. The fair featured among others: 

• Eric Gaba, postdoctoral fellow in IMPACT - A dedicated postdoctoral research and training programme fostering impact development and entrepreneurship, Coordinating entity VUB, Call MSCA-COFUND-2020. More information in Cordis and the project website.  
• Ruth Verhamme, Emma Yoon, Lars Westerlinck and Léa Fieschi-Méric, PhD and postdoctoral researchers in the project team of GLOSSI - Targeting skin glycosylation patterns to protect threatened salamanders from disease driven extinction, Coordinating entity Universiteit Gent, Call ERC-2022-AdG. More information in Cordis and the project website.
• James De Backer, Fayat scholarship holder funded by the Flemish government