Our Mission

The Society for Amateur Scientists, a unique collaboration between world-class professionals and citizen scientists, is dedicated to the proposition that making discoveries is the birthright of all free people. We remove the roadblocks that prevent ordinary people from participating in scientific adventures of all kinds. Now you are limited only by your own intelligence, drive, and ambition. Our members include people with no technical training whatsoever all the way to people with Ph.D.s in one field who want to explore fields outside their training. Our aim is to get everyone involved to the limits of their own desire; from tinkering in their own garage to working on stimulating projects on the front lines of science regardless of age, ethnicity or background. We are the world's premiere support organization for amateur scientists. We define "amateur" to mean anyone who wants to do science simply for the pleasure of finding things out.