Equal opportunity activities for young girls and boys in 2026

The NCCR MARVEL supports various activities for young girls and boys organized by EPFL's Science Outreach Department at EPFL and all around Switzerland.

In particular:

• The science workshop Diamants, alu, caoutchouc, ils sont fous ces matériaux for girls 7-10 years old will take place on 21, 28 January and 4 February 2026 (three Wednesday afternoons, 14:00 - 16:00). Registrations have opened on 17 November 2025.
  
• The Coding club des filles offers coding workshops for girls 11 to 15 years old organized all around Switzerland, in French, German and Italian. These workshops are highly successful and new editions are regularly proposed. Registrations for cantons Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais and Vaud have opened too on 17 November 2025.
  

• The science summer camp Matériaux super géniaux for girls 11-13 years old will take place on 10-14 August 2026 and the science summer Camp de Chimie for girls and boys 11-13 years old will take place on 3-7 August 2026 and registrations will open in March 2026.

The NCCR MARVEL also supports the workshops Maths en jeu (one hour, after school on Wednesday or Thursday). They propose to discover mathematics from another angle, in the form of games, puzzles and fun surveys. Some are for girls and boys and some for girls only (8 to 15 years old) and they exist in four levels. 

Other initiatives for boys and girls from 7 to 16 years old can be found here.