Greetings Civic Science Community, Collaboration is often the key to unlocking fundamental new science—and if that new science has the potential to profoundly reshape human life—to understanding how this new…

Greetings Civic Science Community, As we move into the summer, it is a reminder of the powerful encounters with science that happen outside of school, for children and adults.

The Civic Science Fellows program is announcing opportunities to become a Civic Science Fellow host partner for our next cohort, which will begin in March 2024. Innovative organizations are…

Greetings Civic Science Community, What does it take to change a system?  Many in our community are working to change systems of academic science, including the central goal of rewarding…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Beyond the headlines of ChatGPT, partnerships are coalescing to find more effective, resilient responses to misinformation—from social scientists investigating approaches through research (as Civic Science Fellow Michelle…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Early in the 2021–23 cohort of Civic Science Fellows, host partner Mónica Feliú Mójer of Ciencia Puerto Rico reminded us, “Change moves at the speed of trust.”   For those…

Greetings Civic Science Community,  What an exciting time for the civic science community—as we see growth and change coming from contributions from many, and from connecting with one another across…

Greetings Civic Science Community, How do Americans want to engage with science? What are the barriers? In 2021, ScienceCounts and the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) initiated a…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Across research and civic institutions there is growing consensus that addressing the complex issues we face in society—climate change, emerging technologies, COVID-19 and future pandemics—requires partnerships…

Greetings Civic Science Community, We recognize that some of the most challenging problems of science are found outside the lab—including knowing what scientific questions are most meaningful, designing ethical ways of…