Attention cat owners in Vorarlberg! Under the motto "Show me your mouse, cat!", the inatura Naturschau Dornbirn is collecting dead mice and other small mammals that your cat brings to your home. From June to November 2024, you can hand in these "gifts" from your cat to the inatura or other collection points in Vorarlberg.You can find more information about this exciting new project on Österreich forscht. Join in the research!

Do you already know the Österreich forscht blog? Almost 800 blog posts currently invite you to immerse yourself in citizen science. Project managers, citizen scientists and researchers on citizen science report on events, literature and, above all, directly from the projects. Take a look and be inspired!

As a follow-up project to Heavy Metal City-Zen, the new project City-Zen Boden is once again inviting Viennese community gardens, garden projects or similar garden initiatives to take part in this project and conduct research together. The aim of this project is to scientifically assess the potential risk of heavy metal contamination of crops in Viennese city gardens and to investigate the extent of soil contamination with microplastics. Have a look and join the project!

Next week, the next episode of our podcast "Wissen macht Leute" will go on air on Radio Orange. The programme will be about the recent ECSA/ÖCSK double conference in Vienna at the beginning of April, and we are already very excited! Listen in!

Long Night of Research 2024! We'll be there too! At the Österreich forscht booth at BOKU University, you can find out which projects are available for co-research and how citizen science works in general. Come and visit us! We look forward to seeing you!

Submit now for the German Citizen Science Forum in Hamburg! In the current blog post and in the open calls you will find the link directly to the submission! Be part of it!

Giving a voice to children and adolescents: Co-research with children and adolescents in developing a model of health literacy - this is the aim of the new project KoKo-Health from the University of Krems on Österreich forscht. Have a look and join the project!

Attention sourdough bakers and fermentation enthusiasts - the new project HealthFerm is researching plant-based and fermented foods you eat and raise in your home! Have a look and join the project!

Probably the largest citizen science conference to date starts tomorrow at BOKU University! With more than 500 participants on site and online, we are expecting exciting and inspiring days. The big highlight on Saturday is the Citizen Science Day at the Natural History Museum Vienna, to which everyone is cordially invited. Come and have a look!

If you couldn't get a ticket for the big ECSA/ACSC double conference next week, we have two tips for you: the panel discussion and the keynotes will be streamed live on YouTube, and on 6 April 2024 the big Citizen Science Day will take place all day at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Watch the stream or visit the museum! We look forward to seeing you!