{"id":291524,"date":"2023-04-17T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=291524"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:42:45","slug":"programs-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ocs\/programs-and-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"OCS Programs and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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agency’s citizen science program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reserves the ability to review agency-wide requested citizen science funds in the annual budget request to ensure consistency with statutory and other external requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works with the Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate to leverage and promote citizen science along with challenges, prize competitions, and crowdsourcing activities as appropriate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reports externally on NASA citizen science as required by Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and other external bodies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In coordination with the Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, reports on citizen science and crowdsourcing activities in support of the biennial report to Congress required under Public Law Number 114-329.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mission Directorate Associate Administrators, the Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices, and the Directors of NASA Centers, or their designees shall be responsible for the coordination, design, scientific review, implementation, measurement and internal reporting of NASA citizen science activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov\/displayDir.cfm?t=NPD&c=1090&s=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View NASA’s Policy regarding Citizen Science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizenscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View a list of current citizen science projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Transformation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Information coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researcher Demographics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA collects data on the demographic makeup of its research 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Users are prompted to answer questions regarding their gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, and career stage information. All information is purely voluntary. The  demographic data provide an account of NASA\u2019s researcher community, and helps assess our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. 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