This is an ever-growing list of studies, experiments or projects in which members of the general public can participate.
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This is an ever-growing list of studies, experiments or projects in which members of the general public can participate.
Brother, can you spare a galactic classification?
"Your job is very simple! All you need to do is look out for the features that mark out spiral and e
...Help examine the "lost" JFK files
The Dallas News invites readers to examine a new batch of documents relating to John F. Kennedy.
Project Budburst
Join us in collecting important climate change data on the timing of leafing and flowering in your a
...Launch your own space mission
An experiment can be flown into space, recovered, and provided back to young experimenters for as li
...Can you write a better NASA slogan?
NASA recently changed its slogan in an attempt to better articulate it's role for the American peopl
...WIKISKY
The main purpose of WIKISKY is to consolidate astronomical, astrophysical and other information abou
...Galaxy Zoo
Help classify galaxies via the Internet.
The Reading Experience Database
A database containing as much information as possible about what British people read, where and when
...The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge seeks submissions of design science solutions within a broad range
...Now you too can review patents
Help the US Patent Office find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent ap
...Face Research
FaceResearch.org allows you to participate in short online psychology experiments looking at the tra
...Automotive X-Prize
The X-Prize Foundation is working on developing an automotive prize "To inspire a new generation of
...Archon X Prize for Genomics
The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics challenges scientists and engineers to create better, cheaper and fa
...Cone Sutro Forest - Collaborative Observatory
CONE Sutro Forest allows players to earn points by taking live photos and classifying wild birds. CO
...Become a NASA Clickworker
The HiRISE camera, one of the instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has been sending back
...Become a Climate Change Presenter
Take training to become a presenter on climate change.
Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch supports scientific field research by offering volunteers the opportunity to join researc
...Design a mission, win $50k
The Planetary Society is conducting a competition to design a mission to rendezvous with and "tag" a
...The Open Science Project
"The OpenScience project is dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific softw
...Innocentive
Companies are offering financial awards for solutions to their scientific challenges.
The Prairie Meteorite Search
University specialists are demonstrating what meteorites look like on the ground and reaping the ben
...The Center for Backyard Astrophysics
A global network of small telescopes dedicated to photometry of cataclysmic variables.
the genographic project
The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have
...Archaeology for the public
The Society for American Archeology has set up an information clearinghouse website for members of t
...The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment
The Prize recognises significant contributions to environmental conservation. Submissions for the an
...Stardust@Home
Stardust@home is a space science project in which volunteers from the general public help scientists
...Einstein@Home
Einstein@Home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars
...National Institute on Aging recruiting long lived families for study
The Long Life Family Study (LLFS), developed by the NIH's National Institute on Aging (NIA), is now
...The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
Use your computer to help discover prime numbers.
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