Open Call for citizen science projects.
Antonella Passani
Sept. 3, 2020, 5:07 p.m.
The ACTION project launched its second open call for citizen science pilots.
ACTION is looking for ongoing citizen science projects related to any form of pollution in Europe and worldwide. The call focuses on projects that are primarily carried out online.
Successful applicants will receive up to €20,000 and professional support by the ACTION team for delivering a six-month pilot.
This call is for:
● ongoing citizen science projects looking for support, financial and otherwise, to grow and become sustainable;
● communities interested in co-designing research into pollution in any relevant discipline, from biodiversity and environmental sciences to astronomy and the humanities;
● organisations in the public, private and third sectors exploring the use of citizen science in their work.
ACTION will provide funding, alongside dedicated acceleration activities, resources and tools to set up and run the pilots. In a series of workshops, successful pilots will have the chance to co-design and try out the tools and work together with the ACTION team to tailor the support they need to achieve their goals. Selected pilots will have access to a community of like-minded initiatives, tackling similar challenges and contributing to common aims.
Call Duration: 01 September 2020 until 01 November 2020, 12:00 PM Brussels time.
More information about the call can be found here: https://actionproject.eu/apply-2020/
About ACTION
The ACTION (Participatory science toolkit against pollution) project is co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework, SwafS programme and started on 1st February 2019. ACTION co-designs methodologies, tools and guidelines to open the scientific process to new groups and communities, making citizen science more participatory, inclusive, citizen-led and democratic. Last year the project ran its first open call and financed six pilots addressing different kinds of pollution that are now participating in the ACTION accelerator program. More information about the ACTION pilots is available here: https://actionproject.eu/citizen-science-pilots/