Accepting Proposals for Citizen Science Incubator
Do you have a scientific question that could be advanced by engaging the campus community in the research process? If so, your project could be this year’s featured project with the Citizen Science Campus!
Deadline Extended: Wednesday, October 2, 11:59 p.m.
Background
Citizen science and other participatory sciences are the range of approaches in which science and society co-produce new knowledge. Many disciplines have their own forms of participatory research, and these research methods can be an effective way to gather data for complex and widespread challenges. We want to turn NC State’s campus into an incubator for participatory science projects and embed these opportunities into campus life.
We are excited to announce a call for proposals for the Citizen Science Incubator, a platform for identifying a focal project of the year for the Citizen Science Campus. The selected Citizen Science Incubator project will be featured in the Pack Science Challenge, a university-wide challenge that engages students and community members as collaborators in ongoing research about their environment. It will also be incorporated as an experiential learning opportunity in Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions, a multidisciplinary online course created to engage all incoming first-year and transfer students and their families in thinking about grand challenges
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to all faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students at NC State. NC State community members from any disciplinary background with a participatory science-based project idea are encouraged to submit a proposal. We welcome proposals from individuals or teams.
While there are no requirements for the topical focus of the project, interdisciplinary questions and/or teams are strongly encouraged. This year’s Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions course theme is “(Y)Our Changing World,” which dives into the grand challenges of climate change and global change broadly. It is preferred, but not required, that projects align with this theme.
Award Information
The primary benefit awarded through the Citizen Science Incubator is increased access to potential participants for your participatory science project to drive forward your research. The selected project will be featured in an upcoming Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions course, which is offered to all incoming undergraduate students (approximately 7,000), and will be the focus of the Pack Science Challenge, a university-wide challenge for the campus community to engage in participatory research.
In addition to this audience access, the Citizen Science Incubator project will receive access to a variety of support structures
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