The Alliance seeks to forge connections to help boost capacity to deliver effective and sustainable citizen science programs for the Reef.

Discover Citizen Science Connections

• Citizen science organisations active in the Great Barrier Reef and connected areas have the opportunity to join the Citizen Science Alliance. Contact us for more information.
• Upload your project on the Atlas of Living Australia Citizen Science Central page
• Join the Australian Citizen Science Association to connect with a wide range of practioners

Develop, Implement and Evaluate Programs

• Guide to citizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science to study biodiversity and the environment in the UK
• Explore Toolkits to guide new and existing marine and coastal conservation-related projects from Making marine and coastal citizen science matter

Drive change

• Evaluating the usefulness of citizen science for natural resource management in marine environments (Sbrocchi 2014)

Connect with community

• Improve your 'Understanding of drivers, barriers and information sources for public participation in marine science' (Martin et al 2016)

Secure Project Funding

• Scope your options with the Citizen Science Funding Toolkit
• Boost grant-writing skills with Grant writing fact sheets for information about where to look, writing approaches, matching funder needs and fundraising