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Citizen Science: Events / News / Funding

This guide provides case studies, resources and information on relevant events to support UCD staff, researchers, academics and students interested in citizen science.

Coastwatch - Training at Dollymount and Sandymount

Coastwatch annual citizen science shore survey is in full swing and will last until October 15th. It's a fully volunteer, citizen science-driven initiative that helps us monitor the state of the coast every year; more info hereAnyone can participate! 

If you’re based in/near Dublin and would like to learn how to do such a survey: we’re organising two events this weekend. 

4th Oct 2025 (Saturday), meet-up 2:30 pm, Bull Island - Dollymount Strand Car Park

5th Oct 2025  (Sunday), meet-up 3:30 pm, Sandymount Strand - at this area.

 

To book, please email: dorota.kolbuk@ucd.ie

 

Wellies/boots and waterproof clothing are essential! As autumn weather can be very changeable, please follow us on the socials to check for updates: LinkedIn | Instagram Facebook | Bluesky
 

Benchmarks

LOCATING BENCHMARKS, PRESERVING HERITAGE

This project is co-funded by the Heritage Council and the Faculty of Arts, Humanties and Social Sciences, University of Limerick

 

      

 

 

Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage’ aims to harness County Limerick’s community enthusiasm for heritage by locating and photographing Ordnance Survey bench marks across the county, as well as recording those which have disappeared.

The user guide has been designed to help you identify, record and submit bench marks in County Limerick. 

 

AURORA

AURORA Energy Tracker App :

Learn How To Track and Cut Your Energy Use

 

Online information session on the AURORA Citizen Science Energy Tracker App

Thursday 2nd October 11am - 12 noon (Irish time) REGISTER HERE


 

 

Why does the project choose to adopt a citizen science approach?

"To reduce CO2 emissions on time, we need massive deployment of wind and solar photovoltaics. Here public acceptance can be an issue and, with this project, we want to prove strategies that enable the participation of citizens in the energy transition can bring many benefits. AURORA aims to engage citizens with energy sustainable behaviours, and empower civil society to adopt a leading role in the energy transition." 

 

 

A TIME4CS Project event


The Citizen Science Funding Landscape

Online Thurs 9th March 2023 9am - 10:30 (GMT)

This event will provide participants with an overview of different funding opportunities for Citizen Science projects, on a national and international scale. The event will consist of a discussion with representatives of different funding sources at local, national and international level to discuss similarities and highlight specificities between the different approaches.

By attending this event, participants will have the opportunity to explore the wide-ranging Citizen Science funding landscape and get acquainted with new opportunities for Citizen Science initiatives.

A TIME4CS Project event

The event is now available here to watch back

Successful Strategies in Applying for Citizen Science Funding

This webinar organised by UNICA-Eutopia  Successful Strategies in Applying for Citizen Science Funding was delivered on 17th May 2022. The invited speakers provided the audience with interesting insights, important take-aways and useful suggestions regarding successful applications. The panel of international citizen science experts, researchers and funding body representatives shared their experiences and suggested strategies.

Awards / Funding

Grants and the European Union Prize for a Citizen Science project from IMPETUS

IMPETUS will support and give recognition to citizen science (CS) by enabling a wider range of citizen science initiatives (CSIs) to access innovative funding.

See full details here: https://impetus4cs.eu/opencall/

IMPETUS Open Call launch: 10th January 2024, 12:00 pm (noon) CET

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     Climate Action Funding   

The Community Climate Action Programme is a new programme to support small and large, rural and urban communities to take climate action at a local level. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have been given an allocation of €883,000 for community climate action projects. An Information event will run on January 11th 2024 @ Council offices with 100% funding available across 3 project sizes: 

        
  • Small projects: < €20,000. 
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  • Medium projects: €20,000 to €50,000
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  • Large projects: €51,000 to €100,000

Click on the image above to read more about this initiative.