{"id":33722,"date":"2025-03-26T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=33722"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:45:04","slug":"celebrate-citizen-science-month-this-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/celebrate-citizen-science-month-this-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Citizen Science Month This April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/citizensciencemonth\">Citizen Science Month<\/a> is an annual event each April that celebrates the contributions of everyday people to scientific research. By engaging in<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33730\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/CitSci-Month.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/> hands-on projects, participants help gather valuable data that can lead to breakthroughs in various fields, from monitoring local biodiversity\u00a0to health studies. This month highlights the importance of collaboration between scientists and the public in advancing knowledge and solving global challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in obtaining funding to support citizen science activities at your institution, apply for one of Region 4&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\/rfa\/region-4-professional-development-awards-year-5-2025-2026\">Year 5 Professional Development Awards<\/a>. Applications will be accepted and awarded on a rolling basis until <strong>February 16, 2026 at 5:00 pm MT<\/strong> or until funds are depleted Please reach out to your state\u2019s point of contact with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dana.abbey@cuanschutz.edu\">Dana Abbey<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Idaho, Montana, Utah \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:george.strawley@utah.edu\">George Strawley<\/a><\/li>\n<li>North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dbrown80@uwyo.edu\">David Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All Region 4 states \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:john.bramble@utah.edu\">John Bramble<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizen Science Month is an annual event each April that celebrates the contributions of everyday people to scientific research. By engaging in hands-on projects, participants help gather valuable data that can lead to breakthroughs in various fields, from monitoring local biodiversity\u00a0to health studies. This month highlights the importance of collaboration between scientists and the public&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/celebrate-citizen-science-month-this-april\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,8,10,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-collegeacademic-libraries","category-public-k12","category-funding","category-k-12","category-opportunity-to-participate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33731,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33722\/revisions\/33731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}