Pre-Announcement: Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call - “Water and circular economy”

The European Partnership Water4All – Water security for the plantet, co-funded by the European Union within the frame of the Horizon Europe programme, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of its new Joint Transnational Call on “Water and circular economy” that will open on 12 September 2024!

Funding Organisations from 31 countries all over Europe and beyond are pleased to pre-announce a Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects on “Water and  circular economy”.

The Joint Transnational Call will be launched in the framework of the European Partnership Water4All and will support research and innovation projects to improve water security in the long term. In line with the strategic objectives of Water4All, the results should contribute to the implementation of evidence-based, global, EU and national water management policies and strategies, including the Green Deal, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), Just Transition and the Water Action Agenda for UN Sustainable Development Goals. Proposals should show cognisance of appropriate legislation and policy frameworks at national and international levels while addressing policy actions and steering mechanisms needed to foster the paradigm shift to Circular Economy. The context for the general call topics is described in Theme I of the Water4All Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), “Water for Circular Economy: smart water value”.

Call topics

The general theme of the Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call is “Water and circular economy”. Research and innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following topics:

• Topic 1: Enhancement of water circularity in industries.
   
• Topic 2: Urban water circularity.
   
• Topic 3: Resource recovery and valorization.
   
• Topic 4: Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products.

In addition, this call will include an additional modalities aiming at Early Career Researchers holding a PhD since less than 10 years ago.

Details will be published in the Water4All 2024 Call Announcement document at the official launch of the call on 12 September 2024. A provisional timeline, main information regarding the consortium composition, eligibility criteria, participating countries and the call topics are published on the Water4All call webpage.

We invite you to regularly consult the Water4All website and to subsribe to Water4All newsletter to be kept updated on this future major research funding opportunity.