Local Canberra company QuestaGame has been awarded the 2018 Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prize ceremony at Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday evening.

By combining the forces of gaming mechanics and information economics with a unique online reward system, QuestaGame motivates users to engage with biodiversity. With over 1 million sightings and identifications, by participants in over 40 countries, this outdoor gaming app has quickly become the largest provider of expert-verified biodiversity image data in Australia.

2018 Eureka Prize-Winners