Resources

2Start

Learn about developing a citizen science program, including: goal articulation, staff recruitment, partnerships, financial sustainability planning, milestone setting, and determination of project closure criteria (setting an end date).

A fundamental element of all citizen science projects is to have a defined purpose of the project. Questions to ask when designing your project include:

  • What are you trying to achieve?
  • What question are you trying to answer?
  • What are your outreach goals?
  • Who is the end user of this information?

It is important to design your project around your designed purpose as that will determine the tasks and staffing required to make the project a success.

Resources

Design

Fact Sheet

Citizen Science Quality Assurance Toolkit: Essential Elements of A Citizen Science Project

United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Association of Public Health Laboratories

Webpage

Design a Project

CitizenScience.gov

Report

Designing Citizen Science for Both Science and Education: A Workshop Report

Daniel Edelson, Sarah L. Kirn and Workshop Participants

Webpage

Scope Your Problem

CitizenScience.gov

Webpage

Set Up Your Own Citizen Science Program

Australian Citizen Science Association

Webpage

Setting Goals and Planning

Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit

Ethics

Webpage

Ethical Space

Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit

Webpage

Ethics Resources

Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences

Legal Resources

Webpage

Law and Policy Resources

Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences

Sustainability

Webpage

Sustainability and Funding

Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit