We provide information through our four channels: Via the website www.zentrumfuercitizenscience.at, Twitter, Facebook and a monthly newsletter (10 times a year), researchers and those interested learn about current information on calls, workshops and conferences, publications and much more.

The research funding program "Sparkling Science 2.0" supports 34 citizen science projects with schools and other citizen scientists with 11.5 million euros. The annual research competition "Citizen Science Award" invites school classes, families and individuals to participate in research projects every year from April 1. Researchers can apply each fall with their Citizen Science projects to become part of the competition the following year.

To enable institutions to further educate themselves in the field of citizen science, we offer lectures on various topics that can be booked at any time. In addition, we coordinate the Alliance for Responsible Science, which advocates a rethinking of the research landscape, the working group "Citizen Science at/with schools" and a network of young and citizen science contact persons. These act as an interface between their own research institution, the OeAD and the general public.

Our focus has been on science and school collaboration since the beginning. Since 2019, we have been coordinating the working group "Citizen Science at/with schools", sharing expertise in workshops and lectures, and are responsible for the implementation of the research funding program Sparkling Science 2.0. In addition, we bring science education to schools with the "Young Science" initiatives.

The RIECS-Concept (Towards A Pan-European Research Infrastructure For Excellent Citizen Science) project started on 1 January 2025, marking the beginning of the conceptual work for a European citizen science research infrastructure. The OeAD brings to the project extensive experience in the field of citizen science in education as well as expertise in working with stakeholders. The three-year project is funded by the HORIZON EUROPE research and innovation programme.