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CSCCE

  • Trainings
    • Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals
      • CEF Graduates
    • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program
      • Your program journey
      • Content Design (CODE)
      • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • Communities of Practice (CoP)
      • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program – Additional Activities
      • Quarterly Skills Share sessions
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program: Payment options
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program FAQs
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • CSCCE Mini-workshops
    • Content Design (CODE)
      • CODE Graduates
    • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • PBK Graduates
    • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • PMB Graduates
    • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • NOC Graduates
    • CSCCE Digital Badges
      • CEF Graduates
      • CODE Graduates
      • PBK Graduates
      • PMB Graduates
      • NOC Graduates
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • Community Engagement Fellows Program (CEFP)
      • Meet Our Fellows
      • CEFP Project Teams
  • Consultancy
  • Resources
    • Glossary
    • CSCCE Community Participation Model
    • Community programming
    • Creating community-engaged content
    • Scaffolding
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • Hiring / Becoming a community manager
    • Being a scientific community manager
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
    • Online communities and communication tools
      • GitHub for community management
    • Organizing community events
    • Community champions programs
  • Research
    • Evaluation of CSCCE’s foundational training, CEF
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • The CSCCE Skills Wheel
    • A study of online scientific and scholarly communities for broadening participation in STEM
    • State of Scientific Community Management 2016
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      • Community Calls archive
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Belonging

One of four elements that CSCCE emphasizes when considering a community. The feeling a community member has that they are somewhere where their presence, identity, and contributions are valued.


Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2025) CSCCE Glossary: Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals. Woodley, Pratt, and Santistevan doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15359413 

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  • Trainings
    • Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals
      • CEF Graduates
    • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program
      • Your program journey
      • Content Design (CODE)
      • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • Communities of Practice (CoP)
      • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program – Additional Activities
      • Quarterly Skills Share sessions
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program: Payment options
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program FAQs
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • CSCCE Mini-workshops
    • Content Design (CODE)
      • CODE Graduates
    • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • PBK Graduates
    • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • PMB Graduates
    • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • NOC Graduates
    • CSCCE Digital Badges
      • CEF Graduates
      • CODE Graduates
      • PBK Graduates
      • PMB Graduates
      • NOC Graduates
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • Community Engagement Fellows Program (CEFP)
      • Meet Our Fellows
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    • Glossary
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    • Community programming
    • Creating community-engaged content
    • Scaffolding
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • Hiring / Becoming a community manager
    • Being a scientific community manager
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
    • Online communities and communication tools
      • GitHub for community management
    • Organizing community events
    • Community champions programs
  • Research
    • Evaluation of CSCCE’s foundational training, CEF
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • The CSCCE Skills Wheel
    • A study of online scientific and scholarly communities for broadening participation in STEM
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Recent Blog Posts

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  • June’s community call – It’s time for another CSCCE curated networking forum!

About CSCCE

CSCCE is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in California, USA.

Funding sources for CSCCE's activities include grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as revenue from our training and consultancy.

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  • Trainings
    • Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals
      • CEF Graduates
    • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program
      • Your program journey
      • Content Design (CODE)
      • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • Communities of Practice (CoP)
      • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program – Additional Activities
      • Quarterly Skills Share sessions
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program: Payment options
      • CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program FAQs
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • CSCCE Mini-workshops
    • Content Design (CODE)
      • CODE Graduates
    • Creating Community Playbooks (PBK)
      • PBK Graduates
    • Project Management for Scientists (PMI / PMB)
      • PMB Graduates
    • Nurturing Online Communities (NOC)
      • NOC Graduates
    • CSCCE Digital Badges
      • CEF Graduates
      • CODE Graduates
      • PBK Graduates
      • PMB Graduates
      • NOC Graduates
      • CSCCE Certified Community Managers
    • Community Engagement Fellows Program (CEFP)
      • Meet Our Fellows
      • CEFP Project Teams
  • Consultancy
  • Resources
    • Glossary
    • CSCCE Community Participation Model
    • Community programming
    • Creating community-engaged content
    • Scaffolding
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • Hiring / Becoming a community manager
    • Being a scientific community manager
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
    • Online communities and communication tools
      • GitHub for community management
    • Organizing community events
    • Community champions programs
  • Research
    • Evaluation of CSCCE’s foundational training, CEF
    • CSCCE Community Profiles
      • CSCCE x Wilson Center Community Profiles
    • STEM Community Manager Case Studies
    • The CSCCE Skills Wheel
    • A study of online scientific and scholarly communities for broadening participation in STEM
    • State of Scientific Community Management 2016
  • Community
    • Events
    • Community Calls
      • Community Calls archive
    • CSCCE Working Groups
    • CSCCE Special Interest Groups
    • Newsletter Archives
  • Blog
  • About
    • What is Community Engagement Within Science?
    • Team
    • Join our team
    • CSCCE on the road
    • Testimonials
    • Mentioning CSCCE
    • Articles and Publications
    • Policies and guides
  • Donate
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