Work with Odyssey Discovery.
Science & Conservation Media + Education.
We work with organizations to bring important science and conservation work to wider audiences through original field storytelling, meaningful educational connections, and aligned partnerships.
01 · Commission a Story
Field Notes: Uncovered
Professional documentary storytelling and science communication, with original stories, educational resources, and deliverables developed around each project’s goals.
02 · Become a Partner
Support the broader work
Support field storytelling, classroom connections, and scientific discovery through annual partnerships, strategic investment, or aligned equipment and technology support. See the Discovery Partners program →
03 · Collaborate With Us
Scientists & educators
For scientists, conservation professionals, and educators interested in sharing their work or connecting with classrooms. Classroom connections are free to participating schools and educators, and participation is free for scientists.
Commissioned storytelling
Commission a field story.
Field Notes: Story
Original documentary storytelling that brings scientific discovery, conservation work, and field research to life.
Field Notes: Impact
Documentary storytelling combined with educational resources, audience engagement, and communication deliverables designed around a project's goals.
Annual Institutional Partnership
An ongoing commissioned relationship for institutions seeking recurring Field Notes: Uncovered storytelling, original media production, and custom science communication or education deliverables. Scope, production schedule, and fees are established through an individual agreement.
Commercial projects and partnerships are individually scoped. We welcome conversations about project goals, timelines, and anticipated budgets. The Annual Institutional Partnership is commissioned storytelling, separate from the Explorer Partner education and engagement relationship. Organizations may pursue either independently or discuss a broader custom partnership.
From the field to the world.
- Field
- Story
- Field Notes: Uncovered
- Field Notes: Explorer
- Classrooms + audiences
- Impact
Field Notes: Uncovered — stories from the field. We go inside the work and find the human story behind it.
Field Notes: Explorer — connections to classrooms. Students meet the people behind discovery.
For aligned organizations
Strategic Partnerships
Odyssey works with aligned organizations supporting original field storytelling, scientific access, education, and exploration. Support may include financial investment, vehicles, camera equipment, technology, and field logistics.
Authentic field integration
Agreed ways for relevant equipment, technology or support to contribute to fieldwork.
Original storytelling
Field-based stories and media deliverables defined in the partnership agreement.
Community engagement
Agreed opportunities to connect with educators, classrooms and wider audiences.
Verified impact reporting
Reporting on documented activity and results, without invented outcomes.
Each written agreement defines scope, deliverables, production schedule, fees, editorial roles and usage rights. Potential benefits are examples, not guarantees of reach, participation, endorsements or outcomes; impact reporting uses verified results only.
Scientists retain their research and materials; permission is agreed for each use. Scientific review checks factual accuracy, not sponsor or client control. Support never buys coverage, favorable representation, scientific conclusions, editorial influence or private student, educator, scientist or community information. Scientists speak for their own work, not their institutions.
Odyssey maintains scientific and editorial independence. Authentic field footage is used, with synthetic or materially altered content clearly identified. AI supports transcription, organization and accessibility, with human scientific and editorial review.
Odyssey Discovery is a for-profit business. Commissioned work and partnerships are commercial arrangements, not tax-deductible charitable donations.
For scientists and conservationists
Your work stays yours. We help it travel farther.
Scientific collaboration is free. Scientists and conservation professionals may participate in Field Notes: Uncovered and Explorer without purchasing a partnership.
You retain ownership of your research and materials. We agree permission for each use, listen to your expertise, and maintain Odyssey's editorial independence.
What collaboration can look like
- Visiting your fieldwork
- Interviewing the people doing the work
- Following your work over time
- Telling the story through Field Notes: Uncovered
- Inviting your scientists into Field Notes: Explorer
- Connecting your work with classrooms
Stories can take science farther.
Field Notes: Uncovered follows the people and questions behind discovery. Explore the stories and projects on its dedicated page.
Explore Field Notes: Uncovered
Educator Fellowships
Experience discovery firsthand.
Educators step into extraordinary places, learn alongside scientists and bring those experiences back to their classrooms and communities.
Free · No partnership required
Bring your scientists. No partnership required.
Science, research, conservation and education organizations can introduce scientists and field professionals to Field Notes: Explorer at no cost. Participation is free. Scientists choose what they share and how involved they want to be.
Free participation does not determine which scientists, science, stories or organizations Odyssey Discovery features.
Participate in ExplorerField Notes: Explorer Partner
An ongoing presence in Explorer.
Institutional partners help make meaningful connections between scientists, classrooms, and real-world discovery possible. Partnerships are tailored to organizational priorities, program scope, and educational impact. This is not a documentary production package.
- Organization presence within Explorer
- Scientist onboarding and network participation
- Opportunities to share research, discoveries and fieldwork
- Educator-facing content and engagement opportunities
- Reach, participation and impact insights as available
- Annual partnership impact summary
Deliverables are limited to what the agreement specifies; no participation, reach or outcome is promised beyond it. Organizations may pursue this or the Annual Institutional Partnership independently, or discuss a broader custom partnership.
Explore Institutional Partnerships
Future field platform
S/V Svala
Odyssey Discovery is developing S/V Svala as a future Great Lakes field platform for science access, storytelling and education. Future Svala partnerships may help support vessel acquisition, field capability, technology, operations and science/storytelling access.
No vessel has yet been selected or acquired. Any future acquisition remains subject to funding, professional evaluation, insurance review and mission confirmation.
Explore the Svala project →Let's go where discovery happens.
Tell us what you’re working on and what you’d like to make possible together.
No meeting required — send the form or email us whenever it suits you.
Partnershipsconnect@joinodysseydiscovery.com
General inquirieshello@joinodysseydiscovery.com