The University of Costa Rica (UCR) is hosting the 2026 National Science, Technology and Innovation Fair, the final stage of a national research process that begins in schools. It will feature 202 selected projects, with more than 330 students, about 200 teacher mentors, 150 judges and 50 volunteers.
The exhibition, open to the public and school groups, is scheduled for 12 November at the Rodrigo Facio campus in San José, with afternoon workshops on artificial intelligence, robotics and science, and the awards ceremony the following day in the Aula Magna. Delegations from all 27 of the country’s regional education offices are taking part.
Projects come from primary schools, multigrade schools, Indigenous education, special education, technical and science secondary schools and youth and adult education, in fields from biology and the environment to computing, physics and health. This year the judging is fully virtual, with 808 written and oral evaluations. The fair, organised with the national Pronafecyt programme, has been running for 39 years.
