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What Belongs in a Budget for Citizen Science

Budgeting for the particular activities of citizen science - 18 minutes

In this video, the NASA Cit Sci Leaders planning team shares their approach to budgeting for the particular activities of citizen science projects - with and without partner organizations - that support the added productivity that collaboration can bring.

Guidance regarding what costs NASA grants can and cannot cover, and answers to audience questions - 30 minutes

Questions addressed in this video by Marc Kuchner, NASA's Citizen Science Officer, include:

0:23 What will NASA pay for? What won't NASA pay for?
7:30 Marc's general advice on getting sustained funding for citizen science
9:35 What scientific research does NASA support? What kinds of citizen science/community science, contributory/collaborative/co-created will NASA support?
15:11 Answers received to the in-meeting poll about where projects receive funding (from NASA and other sources), and what questions audience members have about funding (to inform future events).
22:12 Strategies for rewarding volunteers (including with payment)

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