Volunteer

Thank You!

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the Bay Area Science Festival. 

Volunteer duties usually range helping with event set-up and tear-down, staffing information booths and more. Please note that we require volunteers to be 16+. Thank you in advance for your interest!

Volunteer recruiting will resume in the the fall of 2026. The Bay Area Science Festival returns October 17, 2026 to UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus.

Festival volunteers dressed in turquoise t shirts interact with attendees

Thank You for Supporting BASF

We strive to make all Bay Area Science Festival events free, when possible. To produce the Festival, we must annually raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every donation helps us make this important work possible.

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Thank you for your generous support of the Bay Area Science Festival! As part of UCSF, SEP is a 501(c)3 non-profit. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please let us know if your company participates in a matching gift program so that we can extend the benefit of your generosity.