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30Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

ACSA Seed Grants closing tomorrow

Could you be the next recipient of $1000? The 2021 ACSA Seed Grants are closing tomorrow, Friday 1st October 2021! Have you got your application in yet? You can put the grant towards your citizen science project, your professional development or towards an open access publication. The quick and easy application process is open to all ACSA members. Get yours in before midnight tomorrow (Friday 1st October). For all the details and to apply, please see our Call for Applications.

27Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Invitation: UN Science-Policy Business Forum, 5 October

Collaboration & partnerships, Meetings and Events

The inaugural Regional Session of UNEP Science Policy Business Forum for Asia and the Pacific (AP-SPBF) will be held on Tuesday 5 October, 2021. With this event, the UNSPBF are giving the Global Citizen Science Partnership an unparalleled opportunity to put citizen science on the political map of the Asia Pacific Region. Members of all the citizen science associations around the world are encouraged to register and take part as delegates to gain experience of these meetings. Martin Brocklehurst (ECSA) has been working with CitSci Asia and ACSA to ensure that there is a strong citizen science presence at this meeting. Graham Durant, Director of Questacon, will represent the Global Citizen Science Association, including CitSci Asia and ACSA, in the High Level Session of this important political event. Heidi…

16Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Call for Nominations – ACSA Management Committee

ACSA development

ACSA is now calling for nominations for the Management Committee for a 2 year term commencing November 2021. Being on the ACSA Management Committee can be an extremely rewarding experience and bring a great deal of personal satisfaction. There are great opportunities to make new contacts, network with your peers and increase knowledge about citizen science and ACSA. Management Committee Members make a difference in the citizen science space by applying their experience, enthusiasm and by showing leadership. We also have a lot of fun! There are five positions available: * Chair* General Member x 4 Terms are for two years (ie: November 2021 to November 2023). We are looking for people who can contribute at a strategic and practical level to the association’s programs and activities and by building a strong, sustainable and dynamic Association. Specific…

16Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe 1 Comment

How do we influence the leading edge of policy frameworks for science and citizen science?

Collaboration & partnerships, Meetings and Events

You are invited to two upcoming events on maximising the impact of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science in Australia. The first is a workshop hosted virtually by the University of Sydney: Tuesday 21 September, 9-12pm (AEST) | Maximising the impact of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science Register here. Following on from that will be a workshop as part of the Australian Citizen Science Associations' 2021 Conference: Friday 29 October 9.30-11am (AEST) | Opening Science to Society through Citizen Science: What are the next steps for Australia? Register for the conference here. These events follow on from an initial conversation held at the Centre for Public Awareness of Science (CPAS), ANU in May of this year and seek to develop a roadmap for the inclusion of citizen science in high level strategic discussions about…

15Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Notice of 2021 AGM

ACSA development, Communication & promotion, Meetings and Events

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Citizen Science Association will be held on Friday 29th October from 12pm to 12:45pm (AEDT) via Zoom. The meeting will be held in conjunction with ACSA's citizen science conference. You don't need to be a registered conference delegate to attend the AGM but you do need to be a current ACSA member to attend. During the AGM we will provide: An overview of our achievements from the year; A summary of the 2020/21 Financial Statements, and An opportunity for members to elect five new members to the management committee. AGENDA Open Apologies / Proxies Presentation of Previous Minutes Association Reports Election Results and endorsement of new Management Committee Membeers Other Business Proposed amendment to ACSA's constitution to establish a public fund with Deductible…

09Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

“How to open up research innovation to young people?”

Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion, International, Meetings and Events, Social research in CS

Our sister association ECSA warmly invites you to the first webinar put on by the Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equity working group together with the YouCount EU project. “How to open up research & innovation to young people?”Friday 24th September 2021, 13:00-15:00 CESTVia ZoomAgenda and registration link are here: https://cutt.ly/sWpvxKo Please refer details below from Claudia Göbel, Co-Chair of the working group. Young people in Europe are facing many challenges with regard to social inclusion. Social participation, employment, social belonging are important examples. There is a pressing need to develop more knowledge and innovation to create more inclusive and youth-friendly societies. One way to contribute to this is Citizen Social Science with young people - Youth Citizen Social Science (Y-CSS). We organise a series of three webinars to discuss central questions…

07Sep 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Seed Grants 2001 – Call for applications!

ACSA development, Communication & promotion, Grants

Two $1000 Grants available - apply now!ACSA is proud to launch it's 4th round of Seed Grants. Established in 2018 we have so far awarded 7 Seed Grants - worth a total of $5,500 - to ACSA members, to help give their citizen science project a boost or to advance their own professional development in the citizen science space.Applications are now open for the 2021 Seed Grants. What’s in it for you? * $1000 to seed your professional development or your project’s growth, or to pay for an open access publication of a citizen science paper. * Exposure for your project and/or organisation. * Motivation to initiate something you have always wanted to do. * Quick and easy application process (online application form). Last year, two ACSA members won ACSA…

23Aug 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Complimentary registration to #CitSciOz21

Communication & promotion, Conferences

You might be eligible! In the aim of keeping #CitSciOz21 open and accessible to all, ACSA would like to offer 3 complimentary registrations to the conference for those people who do not have organisational support to attend. If you would like to be considered, please write to us in 150 words or less telling us why you would like to attend the conference. Successful candidates will be required to write a blog for the ACSA website expanding on what they learnt during the event. Please submit your entry by Friday 10th September to be in the running! Submit my entry now

16Aug 2021 by Amy Slocombe 1 Comment

Finding opportunities in the apparent chaos: citizen science and marine debris

Blogs, Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion

Towards a nationally focused citizen science monitoring strategy for marine debris By Jordan Gacutan, PhD Candidate | Centre for Marine Science and Innovation | UNSW, Sydney As Murphy’s law states, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong", which rings true in the events which partly derailed/delayed the production of training materials for marine debris monitoring, supported by the ACSA seed grant that we won in 2020. But just as often, and as many a PhD student will attest, opportunities arise from the chaos. Tackling marine debris through citizen science At the University of New South Wales, we are tackling the growing problem of marine debris by using citizen science data across Australia to inform practical opportunities for management. The work partners with the Tangaroa Blue Foundation and the Australian…

16Aug 2021 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

ForestEye in the Spotlight during National Science Week

Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion, Meetings and Events

The Australian Citizen Science Association has partnered with the Natural Resources Commission of NSW (NRC, lead partner) and the Atlas of Life to deliver a new and exciting forest monitoring citizen science project named ForestEye. This project will be piloted on the south coast of NSW in October (dependent on Covid-19 restrictions). ForestEye will engage citizen scientists from the local community to collect seasonal data on a range of biodiversity information. They will be trained by experienced ecologists to use a variety of equipment such as remote sensor cameras to undertake data collection at select sites. The results from this project will contribute to the NRC’s decision-making, reporting and management activities to improve biodiversity outcomes. In celebration of this upcoming initiative, Cassie Thompson (Senior Advisor) from NRC together with Libby…

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