Citizen Science

The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications.

SciStarter is a globally acclaimed, online citizen science hub where more than 3,000 projects, searchable by location, topic, age level, etc, have been registered by individual project leaders or imported through partnerships with federal governments, NGOs, and universities. As a research affiliate of NCSU and ASU, and a popular citizen science portal, SciStarter hosts an active community of close to 100,000 registered citizen scientists and millions of additional site visitors.

CitizenScience.gov is an official government website designed to accelerate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science across the U.S. government. The site provides a portal to three key components: a catalog of federally supported citizen science projects, a toolkit to assist federal practitioners with designing and maintaining their projects, and a gateway to a community of hundreds of citizen science practitioners and coordinators across government as called for in the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2016 (15 USC 3724).

The Citizen Science Association (CSA) is a member-driven organization that connects people from a wide range of experiences around one shared purpose: advancing knowledge through research and monitoring done by, for, and with members of the public.

A collection of articles in Conversation written by scholars for community scientists. Updated frequently.

News about NASA-funded citizen science projects, new discoveries, and opportunities.

News tagged with "citizen science." Updated frequently.

A blog post listing citizen science projects with increased participation during the lockdown.

An "example of the type of role citizen seismology can play in contributing to the scientific record," the article showcases a report demonstrating that ambient seismic noise levels were reduced in many countries and regions around the world, via collaborating academic and citizen scientists.

"Using mobile technology and open citizen science data, Earth Challenge 2020 empowers people globally to monitor and mitigate threats to environmental and human health in their communities."

A new project called Public Editor asks citizen scientists to work together and vet the credibility of the news.

Feature article in Nature on issues related to citizen science (2018).