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Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, & Open Innovation

The USGS Open Innovation (OI) Community welcomes anyone interested in using participatory science and innovation methods like Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, and Prize Competitions to obtain ideas, data, services, and solutions from the public and organizations in an open way. Ignite Open Innovation (OI) Forum is a series of different talks and panels to inform the development of a USGS Open Innovation Strategy. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, send an email to: sophialiu@usgs.gov and OpenInnovation@usgs.gov

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April 2020 Open Innovation Newsletter

Crowdsourcing

Operationalizing Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation

Obtaining content or services from a large group of people and leveraging public-generated data such as from social media.

Citizen Science

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Migratory Bird Day

Involving members of the public participating in the scientific process, such as providing observations, collecting and analyzes data, as well as interprets the results of the data.

Open Innovation

The National Map Corps contribution status map, as of Jan 31, 2018

Refering to a variety of participatory approaches for engaging with the public to enhance USGS science. It enhances the quality and quanity of USGS science.

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Decision Science

We host strong decision science programs on University campuses listed below. Understanding cultural, social, and political factors drives decision-making. In other words, what people think matters. One of the key building blocks our program is we actively engage local communities and our research is relevant to the needs of the States, geographic regions, and the Nation. We make available new...
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Decision Science

We host strong decision science programs on University campuses listed below. Understanding cultural, social, and political factors drives decision-making. In other words, what people think matters. One of the key building blocks our program is we actively engage local communities and our research is relevant to the needs of the States, geographic regions, and the Nation. We make available new...
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