Are you working on a citizen science project and seeking peer exchange? Join our monthly ECS Collaboration Group meetings. Since January 2023, these online sessions, part of the European Citizen Science project, explore various hot topics in citizen science including impact assessment, ethics, policy, education and beyond. This is a space where many representatives of citizen science initiatives and networks from local, regional and national levels unite to exchange insights and tackle challenges in a welcoming, inclusive environment. Interested in joining? Reach out to the ECS project (eucitsciproject@ecsa.ngo) for more information!
Stickydot, a Brussels-based company shaping research and innovation through multi-stakeholder engagement and co-creation, is looking for an intern to join the team. You will work closely with the team of project managers and assist in the successful execution of a variety of activities, such as
managing the organization's social media accounts;
helping to organize and facilitate events (both online and in person);
disseminating project results through various channels;
Vacancy for researcher in participatory sciences at IIASA
IIASA is looking for an outstanding researcher (Master’s degree or PhD or equivalent) to support the NODES research group with research activities, including coordination and management assistance for two Horizon Europe funded projects (Urban ReLeaf and CROPS) in environmental citizen science.
Join the five-day course in Applied Citizen Science at the Natural History Museum of Denmark and learn the principles and practices of citizen science as a research tool by participating in hands-on citizen science activities, discussing published citizen science studies, and designing and developing and peer-reviewing your own citizen science research project in the field or lab.
This transdisciplinary course is open to PhD students and postdocs from all disciplines, and is open as a continuing eduction course.
Through the "Co-Creation" programme, Innoviris supports researchers in social and environmental transition. Receive funding for a co-problematisation project of up to 15 months to better understand the problem and social need, develop a state of knowledge, together with different actors of change or for a co-research project to carry out a co-research project with the actors involved in the change.
Horizon Europe is the EU research and innovation program for the 2021-2027 period. It focuses on 5 main missions.
Citizen science calls can be found in the Funding and Tenders portal.
Furthermore, Citizen Science may also be used as a research method in other calls under the European funding programs.
Besides taking advantage of funding opportunities earmarked for citizen science, you can implement citizen science as a research method in your project application through 'regular' funding channels such as FWO (Research Foundation - Flanders), VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy Office).
