A current radio series on Ö1 reports on the Sparkling Science project Forest Groove, in which schoolchildren spend three years exploring native forests with homemade microphone recording devices.
On November 18, 2025, the Lower Austrian Research Promotion Agency invited participants to a RTI citizen science networking meeting at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.
On November 18, 2025, the OeAD Center for Citizen Science hosted a panel discussion on the impact of educational initiatives in schools and how to measure them.
The evaluation of the "Sparkling Science 2.0" research funding programme was recently published. The report highlights the programme's progress to date and evaluates the goals achieved. It also contains clear, evidence-based recommendations for the continuation of the programme, which brings schools, science and society together.
On 17 November, the Austrian ERA Symposium 2025 took place in Vienna, bringing together key players from science, research and innovation as well as high-ranking representatives of the European Commission.
A recent television science report shows how the Sparkling Science project ‘Biodiversity of Phoxinus minnows’ uses participatory research to explore biodiversity together with citizen scientists.
With the research award ‘Knowledge of the Many – Research Award for Citizen Science’, the German citizen science platform ‘mit:forschen!’ will once again honour three projects in 2025 that have made significant contributions to science through participatory research approaches and the active involvement of citizens.