We are happy to announce that Zooniverse’s project proposal – Neuro(Minorities)Science working group – has been selected for the IMPETUS accelerator funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101058677. This means that Zooniverse Neurodiversity Task Force can now continue its important work.
From June 2025 through January 2026, we will facilitate an online working group of neurodivergent citizen scientists and allies. Together, we will brainstorm, create and publish accessibility guidelines to empower people with all kinds of brains to participate more comfortably in crowdsourced research.
We encourage you to join this new online working group if you:
- have experience with online citizen science,
- consider yourself neurodivergent or are a neurodiversity ally,
- are 18 years old or older,
- can communicate in basic written English,
- interested in improving accessibility of citizen science for people with
mental health and neurological conditions and differences, - can volunteer at least 2 hours of your time (online, flexible) before 16 January 2026.
Sign up now (1 minute): https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?SUBED1=NEUROMINORITIES&A=1
Join the first brainstorming session (5-10 minutes, open until 1 July 2025): https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/neuro-minorities-science-survey-1
Please note that, for this call, we welcome participants from all online citizen science projects, not only Zooniverse. All active contributors will be acknowledged in the resulting publication.
No special knowledge is needed. All work is virtual and asynchronous. We are looking forward to working with you all on this important cause!
More information and FAQ: https://apreleva.com/neuro-minorities-science
Join discussion on Talk: https://www.zooniverse.org/talk/2354/3388012?comment=6042593
Questions can be addressed to neurodiverse@zooniverse.org
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