CS-initiatives

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

• The European Citizen Science Platform 
• The European Citizen Science Association 
• Scivil 

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)

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)