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AfriBats
Monitor bats across Africa
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEcology & EnvironmentAnimalsOcean Water MarineBiologyphotographysafarinaafricabats
scientific research
within 25 miles
May 2, 2026
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California Academy of Sciences and UC Berkely ESPM
Backyard Biodiversity Project: Pools
Come discover what’s living in your backyard!
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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsBiologyAnimalsInsects & PollinatorsEducationEcology & Environmentinsectbiodiversitywaterbackyardantspoolpollinators/insectslos angelesinsectspoolsbugs in your backyardcaliforniasan franciscobugsbackyard biodiversitydiversity
San Diego STEM Ecosystem
Become a STEM Teacher
EnCorps STEM Teaching Fellows explore middle and high school teaching in California’s low income schools in a Fellowship.
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Professional DevelopmentTrainingWorkshopComputers & TechnologyEngineeringMathematicsGrades 6-8EngineeringNGSS AlignedAfternoonGrades 9-12Financial Support or Scholarship AvailableCoding/Computer Science/Cyber SecurityMorningWork-based LearningEveningAll DayMathematics
Mjaidel municipality
Biodiversity of Mjaidel
Document the biodiversity of Mjaidel (Lebanon)
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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentNature & OutdoorsOcean Water Marinemediterraneanconservationbiodiversitymiddle eastobservationsphotographyidentificationlebanoninaturalistvolunteerecology
UC Berkeley
BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)
Use idle computer time to assist with scientific research
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Citizen ScienceComputers & Technologycomputerrwjfcoopervolunteer computingcrowdsourcing platform
University of California
CALeDNA
Create a biodiversity baseline of California using environmental DNA (eDNA)
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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEducationEcology & Environmentsediment samplingurban impactpost-fire recoveryenvironmentplantscaliforniaenvironmental dnaednainsectsbioinformaticshabitatnaturalistdna bankwildlifesoilspecies identificationobservationsnaturesoil samplingconservationwatersedimentgenomicsbiodiversity
Campaign: Tire Toxins. Protecting Marine Ecosystems
Engage organizations to act on tire chemicals harming wildlife
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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEcology & EnvironmentAnimals
Made possible by the NASA Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program (CSESP), the Chesapeake Water Watch is a joint project between the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and the City College of New York (CCNY).
Chesapeake Water Watch (CWW)
Improve Chesapeake Bay water quality
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEcology & EnvironmentAstronomy & Spacehydrocolorwater samplescsm2025estuarymarine sciencechesapeake baywater quality monitoringnasa_nasasatellitesnasa-supportednasa-sciact
Professor Jodi Schneider, School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Citizen Advisory Board on Policy-Relevant Evidence
Give feedback on visualizations to assess sources of bias in research
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- Ongoing through August 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Citizen SciencePolicyHealth & MedicineEcology & Environmentscience-informed policysustainable developmentapplied sciencescoping reviewsmetascienceenergy policycommunity feedbackdecision makingevidence qualityconservationevidence synthesismeta-analysesnetwork analysisimpacts of sciencehealthcarepublic healthusabilityaccessibilitypublicationsscience policyliterature reviewssystematic reviewscollaborative sciencesustainability
Southwest Research Institute
Citizen CATE 2024 (Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse 2024 experiment)
Measure polarized light to understand the magnetic field & plasma in the corona
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Citizen ScienceAstronomy & Space_nasanasa-supportedeclipsetelescopesolar coronacamera