Project

Community Science Program

Growing our community science practices in collaboration with underserved communities.

We collaboratively grow community science practices while bringing depth to our community connections. We do this by building deep connections with marginalized communities while leveraging the Ecosystem Investigation Network, our online community science platform. By expanding community science practice at GMRI, we aim to engage communities in contributing to and visualizing data that can contribute to decision-making.

What is community science?

We define Community Science as scientific research and monitoring done in partnership with a diverse range of communities, furthering the goal of advancing scientific knowledge and addressing community-defined needs and concerns.

Community Science Projects

Explore the different ways we are getting communities across Maine involved.

Coastal Flooding Community Science

Our coastal flooding project provides local residents with guidance on how to contribute observations that will help pinpoint high-risk flooding areas in our communities. Community …
Community Science in Classrooms

In classrooms, it is more important than ever that students have access to authentic science experiences and content that build a strong foundation for them …
Urban Heat Island Mapping Project

Urban heat islands (UHIs) are urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas. Through already established protocols, we aim to support a comprehensive, community …
Mussel Bed Mapping

Mussel beds are inching towards more subtidal zones, and are becoming harder to spot. During extreme low tides, you might be able to get a …
Ecosystem Investigation Network

The Ecosystem Investigation Network supports field-based, collaborative research into climate-driven changes happening in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed. Our goal is to bring …

Community Science as we define it shares many features and methods with the term "Citizen Science". Based on feedback from community partners and in alignment with organizations such as the Association for the Advancement of Participatory Sciences (formerly the Citizen Science Association), we no longer use the term "Citizen Science" when referring to our work.