Darlene Cavalierwww.scistarter.com

Real science we can do together.

We connect regular people

toreal science they can do.

Millions of people enjoy

science and nature.

Thousands of scientists need

volunteers.

But they can’t find each other.

Weconnect

them

Scientist image and cit scientist images tk to illustrate “we connect them”

Weconnect

them

Someone you know is a

CITIZEN SCIENTIST

eBird 1.5 million

reports

Water testing1.5 millionmonitors

SETI@ home5 million

volunteers

Accelerating analysis of tumor samples in huge datasets.

Forecasting solar activity that poses radiation risks to humans and hardware in space.

Analyzing wild algae species for their potential to produce biofuels.

Citizen Science IS Serious Science.

Organized, searchable inventory of projects. Distribution partners include Discover, PLOS, NSTA.

WHYY.

Matchmaker to help researchers connect with communities.Matchmaker to help researchers connect with communities.

Citizen Science in Space!ArduSat, Nanosatisfi

Put YOUR citizen science experiment in space.

DIYers + Space Enthusiasts.

Unite communities.

University of Waterloo’s Snow Tweets

goal Help researchers calibrate accuracy of snow measurement toolstask Measure snow where you are, tweet or upload your geotagged data

Examples of Citizen Microbe Projects:

Human Microbiome Project (NIH) aims to develop tools and datasets for the research community to study microbes in human health and disease.

Earth Microbiome Project (Templeton Foundation, Keck): Massive, interdisciplinary effort to analyze microbial communities across the globe.

American Gut: Largest crowdfunded/citizen science human microbiome effort (3,000 participants). Open data.

Project MERCCURI.

www.SpaceMicrobes.org

Weconnect

them

Partner up!

Crowdsource the

crowdsourcing.

Researchers hire us to recruit participants.

“Each vertical bar is one shoe or cell phone. The color represents a different species of bacteria.” www.MicroBE.net

From citizen science to citizen policy.

Founders:Arizona State University (Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes), SciStarter, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Boston Museum of Science, Loka Institute

Consider funding opportunities from EPA, NPS, USGS, NASA and work with international partners.

Photo credit: EPA.gov

Chris Schaffer,Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

Credit: Pietro Michelucci,Human Computation Institute

AlzheimerMouse Brain

Imagery

TreatmentTarget

3D microvessel topology

Blood Flow Annotations

60 Years

TODAY

< 2 Years

Adapting SuccessfulCitizen Science Models

We aim to make research more efficient by connecting communities of citizen scientists AND fields of research.

-Protocols, Methodologies-Data collection/classification, sharing, visualization tools -Privacy -Recruitment, persistence (incentives, motivations)-Open data sets-Evaluation tools-Best practices, case studies-Societal, economic, cultural, political context

To GET STARTED, contact Darlene Cavalier Darlene @ SciStarter [dot] com (267) 253 1310 .