Jill Leonard: “I trained 200 students to do this. It’s student-led, and it really is community science.”
Casey Lardner: “We have a board, staff, and community members, but the science itself is member-driven.”
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US-based nonprofit Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) receives a $100k unrestricted gift to support its civic engagement work
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US-based nonprofit Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) receives a $100k unrestricted gift to support its civic engagement work
How Canadian early-career researchers organized to improve funding for future scientists
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