3rd Annual
Chelsea Research Festival
Thursday, May 9 2024
12:30-3:30pm
Chelsea High School
Chelsea residents are knowledgeable, resilient, and resourceful. We take an active role in our community and in our health, and often work with researchers who study how to improve quality of life amidst challenges related to access to services, environmental injustice, and COVID-19 spread. However, the Chelsea residents who spend time and energy participating in research often don't get to hear about the results of these studies.
The Chelsea Research Festival highlights Chelsea residents' contributions to science and bridges the gap between community and research. Chelsea Research Festival is a research poster session that showcases research that is either ABOUT Chelsea, or conducted BY Chelsea community members---or both!
The event will be on May 9, 2025, from 12:30-3:30 in the Chelsea High gym at 299 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. It will mainly consist of a poster session of research about Chelsea or by Chelsea community members.
2024 Sponsors
Check out last year's Festival!
Boston Neighborhood Network covered the 2023 Chelsea Research Festival in their news program...
Chelsea Research Festival 2024 planning committee
This year's planning committee includes a wide range of Chelsea residents and community members. The following organizations are represented on the planning committee: Bunker Hill Community College, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chelsea Public Schools, the City of Chelsea, GreenRoots, HarborCOV, La Colaborativa, Massachusetts General Hospital, Northeastern University’s iSUPER Impact Engine, and the UMass Boston Gastón Institute.
Goals of the Chelsea Research Festival
Share the results of research about Chelsea to Chelsea residents: Give Chelsea residents the opportunity to hear about the advances in health and science to which they have contributed, and add their own perspectives to the results and next steps
Expose Chelsea residents, especially middle and high school students, to career and educational paths in research, the sciences, etc., and provide them with networking opportunities
Give residents, researchers, and organizations, a forum for exchanging ideas