CS-initiatives | Citizen Science (CS)

An overview of all Citizen Science initiatives by Federal Scientific Institutes (FSI)

Royal Museums for Art and History (KMKG-MRAH)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (KMSKB-MRBAB)
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA)
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI)
Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the Planetarium
State Archives (RA-AE)
Royal Library of Belgium (KBR)
Sciensano
National Institute of Criminalistic and Criminology (NICC-INCC)
War Heritage Institute (WHI)

Other Citizen Science initiatives and platforms

Belgian initiatives and platforms
European initiatives and platforms
- The European Citizen Science Platform
- The European Citizen Science Association

Are you looking for funding?

Within the new “Policy for Science” programme, it is possible to apply for funding for your Citizen Science project. Take a look at the toolbox that you will be able to use to prepare your proposal/project.

Keep an eye on our website if you are interested in the upcoming calls!

An overview of the ongoing projects

Art & Culture

Vyakulani Africa - Calling all food enthusiasts: help highlight African cuisine in Belgium (RMCA)

Nature

ATRAP - Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail-borne Parasitic diseases (RMCA)
Become a bird ringer (RBINS)
CRESCO - Citizen Rescuers for Collections (RMCA)
Flatwormwatch (RBINS)
HARISSA - Understanding natural hazards and their associated risks to reduce their incidence and their impacts (RMCA)
MEMO+ (Sciensano)
TekenNet - TiquesNet - ZeckenNet (Sciensano)

Earth & Space

AcceleROB (ROB)
Climatological observation network (RMI)
Did You Feel It? (ROB)
Greener and Cooler Cities (RMI in collaboration with KU Leuven)
Radio Meteor Zoo - Zooniverse (BIRA-IASB)
VAL-U-SUN (ROB)
VLINDER (RMI in collaboration with Ghent University)
WOW-BE (RMI)

Documentation

ArchiSols (RA-AE)
BESOCIAL (KBR)
CegeSoma (RA-AE)
Demogen (RA-AE)
Demogen Leuven (RA-AE)
DigHimapper (RA-AE)
HARVEST (RMI)
Notarius Leuven (RA-AE)
OUTLAW (RA-AE)
PARDONS (RA-AE)
West-Vlaamse Akten (RA-AE)