Blog post written by Madison Stroker, CSU undergraduate student & CitSci Support Assistant CitSci introduced Ellen Eisenbeis to citizen science – real science anyone can do, usually by collecting or analyzing data – as she finished up her undergraduate degree in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Colorado State University (CSU). Ellen was deeply interested in
The #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge is a student-centered spinoff of the existing Leave No Trace #LeaveNoTrash campaign. It’s a week-long event in April, designed to build a community of people who recognize the 7 Leave No Trace principles and apply them every place people live, work, and play, including college campuses and communities. This year, Cleanup
Blog post written by Madison Stroker, CSU undergraduate student & CitSci Support Assistant Dani Lin Hunter began exploring citizen science – public engagement in scientific research – while a graduate student at Colorado State University (CSU). At first, Dani looked at citizen science with an academic lens, but soon she started to see its potential
You’ve created your participatory science project and participants are reporting data on CitSci. Awesome! Now, how do you make sense of all that data? You might start by looking at it on a map (a geospatial analysis) to look for patterns, gaps, and other clues about what is happening. With CitSci, project managers and participants
2025 was CitSci’s best year yet! Read our impact report, below, to learn more. Within the report, you’ll find: Together, these highlights reflect an academic year defined by collaboration, learning, and real-world impact. Read the full CitSci Impact Report, embedded earlier in this post, to explore the stories, people, and data behind the year. Next
Choosing how your participants record where their data comes from is one of the most important design choices you’ll make when building a project and datasheet on CitSci.org. That’s why we give you, the project leaders, flexible tools for defining, assigning, and managing sites — whether you’re working with fixed monitoring stations, participant-created sites, or
Blog post by Madison Stroker & Caroline Nickerson CitSci is an app and website that empowers people worldwide to start and join participatory science projects. The platform provides tools to create projects and datasheets, visualize results, communicate with participants, and share resources. Many projects hosted on CitSci are hyperlocal – for example, focused on one
Blog post by Madison Stroker & Caroline Nickerson CitSci is an app and website that empowers people worldwide to start and join participatory science projects. The platform provides tools to create projects and datasheets, visualize results, communicate with participants, and share resources. Many projects hosted on CitSci are hyperlocal – for example, focused on one
This was originally published as the second in a series of December 2025 CitSci newsletters. Want citizen science in your inbox? Subscribe today. From code to conservation — your support powers student changemakers. Hello, CitSci community! CitSci is for people of all ages – anyone who wants to do great science. But did you know that
This was originally published as the first in a series of December 2025 CitSci newsletters. Want citizen science in your inbox? Subscribe today. Hello, CitSci community! Every year, people around the world use CitSci to turn curiosity into discovery — tracking clouds for NASA, monitoring ecosystems, and cleaning up communities. At CitSci, we give you the tools
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