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Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Catalog

Projects listed in the catalog are validated by federal employees

Number of Projects: 503

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Honu Count

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Main Hawaiian Islands; Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai,...

NOAA logo

SandSnap

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: United States Sandy Beaches

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Paddle the Gulf

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Gulf of Mexico coastal waters

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BeachCOMBERS

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Coastal California

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GPS on Bench Marks

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: GPS data are collected at thousands of...

NOAA logo

Biochar Soil Aging

Status: Periodically active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: There were participants form Spain, Italy, Germany,...

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HABScope

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: West coast of Florida; coastal beach locations...

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Feature Hunter

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Whole Earth (astronauts collect imagery of all...

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NASA NeMO-Net

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global - with focus on past and...

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FLOwPER - FLOw PERmanence

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Forested streams throughout Oregon, western Washington, and...

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eMOLT

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Data collected from thousands of locations on...

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OceanEyes

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Main Hawaiian Islands

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NCBI Codeathons

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Chapel Hill, NC; Santa Cruz, CA; Boston,...

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Town Brook Restoration

Status: Periodically active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Town Brook, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Nurdle Patrol

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: United States, Mexico, and Canada

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By the People

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Worldwide

LOC logo

Invader ID

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Worldwide

ASSI logo

Orphan Well Location Survey

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: We are specifically targeting two locations- northeastern...

DOE logo

Steller Watch

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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Smoke Sense

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: national

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AirKeepers

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Rim Fire Monitoring

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: regional - Rim Fire footprint, Tuolumne Wild...

USFS logo

Summer on the Marsh

Status: Complete - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: New England, but could be adapted outside...

EPA logo

Condor Watch

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: California

Fish and Wildlife Service logo NPS logo

Christmas Bird Count

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Craters of the Moon National Monument

NPS logo

Life in the Extreme

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Craters of the Moon National Monument

NPS logo

Great Basin Bio Blitz

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV and...

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Old Weather

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Arctic, Global

NOAA logo National Archives logo

NC Candid Critters

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: State of North Carolina, all 100 counties...

NSF logo ASSI logo

MetaSense

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: California and Colorado

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Water for Life

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: U.S Affiliated Pacific Islands - Freely Associated...

NSF logo

Monarch Health

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: North America

NSF logo

Sentinels of the sounds

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: North Carolina and coast along the southeast...

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CARIB Tails

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Wider Caribbean region

NOAA logo

Beach Watch

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: shoreline from Point Arena south to Ano...

NOAA logo

BOINC

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Volunteers are worldwide.

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collaborativescience.org

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Locally based but anywhere that can connect...

NSF logo

Map of Life

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

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Arizona BatWatch

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: The videos are from Coronado National Memorial,...

NSF logo

Habitat Network

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: North America

NSF logo

Season Spotter

Status: Hiatus or on hold - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: North America

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SONYC

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: New York City

NSF logo

WiEye

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

NSF logo

SnapshotSerengeti

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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(Per)Mission

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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citsci.org

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

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GoViral

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

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EclipseMob

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Nationwide

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CyanoTRACKER

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: WorldWide

NSF logo

Gravity Spy

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World-wide

NSF logo

Zooniverse

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

NSF logo NASA logo

Jungle Rhythms

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

NSF logo

Rockd

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: global

NSF logo

WeDigFLPlants

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Florida

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Space Warps

Status: Hiatus or on hold - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Worldwide

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Notes From Nature

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Mostly United States and Mexico

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Cyanomonitoring

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: regional/national

USGS logo EPA logo

JunoCam

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World

NASA logo

Mark2Cure

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope:

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Gardenroots

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: local

NIH logo

Whale Alert app

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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Monitor Change

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Anywhere

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NetQuakes

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International but focus is on US and...

USGS logo DOI logo

Adopt a Pixel

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World

USGS logo NASA logo

Band Scan

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: United States and Canada

USGS logo Fish and Wildlife Service logo

iPlover

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: United States

USGS logo DOI logo

pH Pro

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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Tweet Earthquake Dispatch

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International where people use Twitter and feel...

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MMOWGLI

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Worldwide

DOD logo

eMammal

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World

ASSI logo

FDA GenomeTrakr

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

USDA logo NIH logo FDA logo CDC logo

openFDA

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: world

FDA logo

precisionFDA

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: world

FDA logo

EyeWire

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

NIH logo

Predator

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

DHS logo

DC/Baltimore Cricket Crawl

Status: Periodically active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Locals areas in Washington DC, Arlington VA,...

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NYC Cricket Crawl

Status: Periodically active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Local areas in New York City

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CrowdHydrology

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Regional (Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon,...

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Hummingbird Survey

Status: Complete - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Rocky Mountain National Park

USGS logo NPS logo

I See Change

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World

NASA logo NOAA logo

Mars Mappers

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: world

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Moon Mappers

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World

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Leafsnap

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: World; specific focus on trees of US,...

ASSI logo

Youth Mappers

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Global

USAID logo

MapGive

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

USAID logo State Dept. logo Peace Corps logo

Lantern Live

Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: National

DOE logo

Plains to the Park

Status: Complete - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Rocky Mountain National Park

NPS logo

SciCast

Status: Hiatus or on hold - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

IARPA logo

Aurorasaurus

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

NSF logo NASA logo

CrowdMag

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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First Flush

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Regional

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Urban Watch

Status: Active - not recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: Regional

NOAA logo

OpenTreeMap

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

USDA logo

DISCOVER-AQ

Status: Complete - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: U.S.

NASA logo NOAA logo EPA logo

Nature's Notebook

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: National (open to World, but focus is...

USGS logo NSF logo NOAA logo NPS logo

Cyclone Center

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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Image Detective

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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Disk Detective

Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Geographic Scope: International

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