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AfriBats
Monitor bats across Africa
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEcology & EnvironmentAnimalsOcean Water MarineBiologynabatsafricasafariphotography
scientific research
within 25 miles
May 3, 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!
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsBiologyAnimalsInsects & PollinatorsEducationEcology & Environmentpoolsantsbiodiversitywaterbugscaliforniadiversitylos angelespollinators/insectsinsectbugs in your backyardinsectsbackyard biodiversitybackyardpoolsan francisco
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 & TechnologyEngineeringMathematicsEveningGrades 6-8Coding/Computer Science/Cyber SecurityMorningEngineeringMathematicsNGSS AlignedWork-based LearningAll DayFinancial Support or Scholarship AvailableGrades 9-12Afternoon
Mjaidel municipality
Biodiversity of Mjaidel
Document the biodiversity of Mjaidel (Lebanon)
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentNature & OutdoorsOcean Water Marinebiodiversitymediterraneanidentificationecologyconservationlebanonphotographyinaturalistobservationsvolunteermiddle east
UC Berkeley
BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)
Use idle computer time to assist with scientific research
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Citizen ScienceComputers & Technologycrowdsourcing platformcomputercoopervolunteer computingrwjf
University of California
CALeDNA
Create a biodiversity baseline of California using environmental DNA (eDNA)
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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEducationEcology & Environmentednainsectsconservationsoil samplingpost-fire recoveryenvironmentbiodiversityplantssoilobservationssedimentsediment samplingdna bankurban impactwildlifehabitatbioinformaticsnaturalistgenomicsspecies identificationenvironmental dnacalifornianaturewater
Campaign: Tire Toxins. Protecting Marine Ecosystems
Engage organizations to act on tire chemicals harming wildlife
Anywhere
- 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 & Spacecsm2025_nasahydrocolorestuarynasasatellitesnasa-sciactnasa-supportedwater sampleswater quality monitoringmarine sciencechesapeake bay
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 & Environmentcommunity feedbackdecision makingsustainable developmentsustainabilityaccessibilityusabilityconservationnetwork analysisscoping reviewsscience-informed policyevidence qualitymeta-analyseshealthcareimpacts of sciencecollaborative scienceenergy policymetascienceapplied sciencepublicationsliterature reviewssystematic reviewsscience policyevidence synthesispublic health
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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- Ongoing
Citizen ScienceAstronomy & Space_nasanasa-supportedtelescopesolar coronaeclipsecamera