April is Citizen Science Month, a chance to shine a bright light on your project.
[2025 Update]
This year, thanks to support from Arizona State University, The National Girls Collaborative Project, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences and many partners, SciStarter is activating #OneMillionActsofScience across projects listed on SciStarter to make a HUGE collective impact. Each time someone participates in your project(s), that counts as an Act!
Find special events, promotions, opportunities for participants to score cool prizes, and more on OneMillionActsofScience.org.
Acts across hundreds of SciStarter Affiliate projects will be tracked automatically. For others, project leaders can submit reports throughout April or share updates on social media using #OneMillionActsofScience
ADDITIONAL Resources for Project Leaders:
How Projects Can Leverage Citizen Science Month to Increase Volunteer Participation [View Webinar] : https://youtu.be/roZbbMpbpVs
CitSciMonth Media Toolkit: https://scistarter.org/go/CSM2025-media-toolkit
1. Customize this email and send it to your community:
Subject: Be part of One Million Acts of Science through [name of your project]
Message: Hello! [Name of your project] is joining forces with SciStarter and others during Citizen Science Month this April to catalyze One Million Acts of Science through April. Each time you participate in [name of project] that counts as an Act!
Go to [your project’s website] and participate anytime in April. Then, go to OneMillionActsofScience.org to report your Act. You’ll earn a badge for your participation too!
Share your Act on social media using the #OneMillionActsofScience and tag [your project’s social media handle] so we can celebrate with you!
Cheers!
[your name]
2. Use These Social Media Posts to Promote Your Project and include #OneMillionActsofScience
Remember to use #OneMillionActsofScience and #CitizenScienceMonth or #CitSciMonth and tag us @SciStarter so we can amplify!
Promotion Post: We’re partnering with @SciStarter to reach a collective #ONEMILLIONACTSOFSCIENCE this April during #CitizenScienceMonth! Each time you participate in [project link/name], that counts as an Act! Get started at [name and link to your project].
Join [project] on [date] as we rally to hit our goal of [#][classifications/analyses/contributions/etc] towards [topic/research goal] as part of #ONEMILLIONACTSOFSCIENCE with our partners @SciStarter. Get started at [name and link to your project].
Celebration Post: Our community of participants in [Name of project] added [X #] of Acts of Science to the collective goal of#OneMillionActsOfScience this month! Well done, team! There’s still time to get involved at https://citizensciencemonth.org
3. Promote a Relevant Citizen Science Month Event
Promote any Citizen Science Month event to help build awareness of the movement! Or set a relevant goal to inspire your community such as, “Let’s generate 1,000 Acts of Science this month!”
4. Use These Free Resources to Promote Your Project:
You’ll find ready to use promos, open source images, logos, and more on the Citizen Science Month resources page including a marketing toolkit and promotional materials for your projects.
Consider adding a digital web banner to your project’s website to inspire volunteers to visit OneMillionActsofScience.org and to report participation in your project.
That’s all it takes! Email info@SciStarter.org with any questions or requests for resources you’d like to see made for future Citizen Science Months.
From all of us at SciStarter, thanks a Million (Acts of Science)!
