Current research projects

As part of the 1st “Sparkling Science 2.0” call, 34 citizen science projects have been funded with a total of 11.5 million euros since fall 2022. The 27 funded projects in the 2nd call will start in the 2024/25 school year and will be published here on an ongoing basis from September.
The funded projects cover various scientific disciplines and are thematically diverse: from contemporary history and migration research to ecology and microbiology to climate change education and sustainability research.

Project database

61 projects found

2. invitation to tender

© Andrea Möller

BiodiverCITY-Island Hopping

Creating and exploring biodiversity islands in the city for action-oriented learning
© TU Wien

Climate Ready Schools

Investigating microclimate of school grounds and co-creative development of measures to enhance climate resilience in Austrian schools
© Jonas Leutgeb/ HAK Zwettl

HybridLearningSpaces@School

Pedagogical, technical and cooperation-related conditions for success of hybrid learning spaces across school sites
© Philipp Kornfeind

Meaningfully Active

Development of assistance systems to promote physical activity of elderly persons with visual impairment and blindness
© UNIVIE, Projekt SMILE, Zartler

Researching families differently with children (MiKA)

Children's concepts of family diversity