Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 29, 2024
Citizen science is a global movement that involves people from all walks of life in real science that matters to them. Each April and beyond, scientists, facilitators, citizen science project leaders, and many others host events and programs to invite more people to discover all the ways they can participate in research that needs their help. … Read more “Revolutionize health research with All of Us: Online and in-person events this April”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Library
By Caroline Nickerson, May 10, 2023
This work was supported by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services under Cooperative Agreement Number U24LM014070 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System and the University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Citizen science is a global movement that involves people from all … Read more “Citizen Science Month 2023: Preliminary Outcomes”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Featured Projects, NNLM
By SciStarter Team, Mar 29, 2023
The year’s biggest citizen science celebration is just around the corner! April 1 marks the start of Citizen Science Month, an annual event from SciStarter and partners. Citizen Science is a global movement that involves people from all walks of life in real science that matters to them. Each April, scientists, facilitators, citizen science project … Read more “April is Citizen Science Month! Here’s How to Get Involved”
Categories: Citizen Science Month
By SciStarter Team, May 24, 2022
Each April, with support from the National Library of Medicine, SciStarter, in partnership with Arizona State University, hosts Citizen Science Month, a one-of-a-kind celebration of citizen science that includes events hosted around the world, thousands of participants and hundreds of thousands of new contributions to citizen science projects. Citizen Science Month 2022 featured collaborations with … Read more “Citizen Science Month 2022: Turning Curiosity Into Impact Around the Country”
Categories: Citizen Science Month
By SciStarter Team, Aug 24, 2021
In April 2021, SciStarter, the Network of the National Library of Medicine, the All of Us Research Program, Arizona State University and other partners commemorated the second annual Citizen Science Month. Previously, partners had celebrated Citizen Science Day starting in 2016, but the global community expanded the celebration to a month in 2020. This year’s … Read more “Citizen Science Month 2021 Results”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Citizen Science News, Events, libraries
By Margie Sheppard, Feb 18, 2021
Citizen science joins the general public with the scientific community in creating a collaborative relationship to increase scientific knowledge. All kinds of people can take part in citizen science projects by collecting and sharing data. The possibilities are endless, and the contributions are immense! So, for me, it was only natural that I should become … Read more “Citizen Science, from a Librarian’s Perspective”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Library, NNLM
By Caroline Nickerson, Feb 17, 2021
All grantees must: Demonstrate or present a compelling plan for building awareness of and planning for active involvement in citizen science using resources found on SciStarter.org/library-resources, CitizenScienceMonth.org-resources and SciStarter.org/NLM. Promote the NIH’s All of Us Research Program as one important example of a citizen science project that aims to engage one million volunteers to … Read more “National Library of Medicine Citizen Science Month Mini Grant Application”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, libraries, Library
By Eric Betz, Jan 19, 2021
The future of individualized medicine may depend on an army of one million volunteers. And scientists want you to get involved. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health are recruiting citizen scientists to enlist in a study of unprecedented scope and depth. The program, called All of Us, promises to take personal data from a … Read more “How One Million Volunteers Could One Day Revolutionize Medicine”
Categories: Health
By Caroline Nickerson, Dec 15, 2020
Hot off the (virtual) press…the Library & Community Guide to Citizen Science! Libraries are quickly becoming hubs for citizen science. Your library may already be involved in citizen science programming. If so, bravo! For countless others, citizen science is still a bit of a mystery. We created this guide to help you navigate the rapidly … Read more “The Library & Community Guide to Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Library
By Caroline Nickerson, Oct 28, 2020
April 2021 is Global Citizen Science Month, and SciStarter, the National Library of Medicine, Arizona State University, the Citizen Science Association and many other partners from around the world provide free resources, support and an event calendar to help you plan and promote your event. I’m Caroline Nickerson, SciStarter’s Program Manager for Global Citizen Science … Read more “Planning Citizen Science Month 2021: April”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Other
