Water4All 2025 Joint Transnational Call “Water and health”

Funding Organisations from 30 countries all over Europe and beyond are pleased to announce a Joint Transnational Call (JTC) for research and innovation projects on “Water and health”.

The call is launched in the framework of the Water4All European partnership – Water security for the planet, co-funded by the European Union within the frame of the Horizon Europe programme – and support research and innovation projects aiming at addressing key challenges related to the link between water and human health, including water quality, contaminants, and water treatment technologies. The Water4All 2025 JTC also considers the One Health approach, recognizing the interconnections between human, environmental, and animal health. It also prioritizes the development of accurate, efficient, and cost-effective water quality monitoring methods to improve risk assessment and management. The advance in the implementation of sustainable water treatment technologies is recognized as crucial for ensuring safe drinking water and effective sanitation.  Interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches are encouraged, including collaboration between environmental scientists, engineers, health experts, and policymakers.

In line with the strategic objectives of Water4All, the results of the projects will contribute to the implementation of evidence-based, global, EU and national water management policies and strategies, within the frameworks of the European Green Deal, the zero-pollution action plan, the Water Framework Directive, Just Transition Mechanism, Water Resilience Strategy, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Call topics

The context for the general call topics is described in Theme IV (IV.I; IV.III) of the Water4All Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, “Water and Health”.

Research and innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2025 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following topics:

• Topic 1: Waterborne contaminants and health risks: occurrence, behaviour, interactions and vulnerability
• Topic 2: Innovative Tools and Technologies for Water Quality and Exposure Monitoring
• Topic 3: Water Treatment and Exposure Mitigation
• Topic 4: Governance, Socio-Economic Innovation, and Policy Integration for Water and Health

In addition to the “Regular modality”, this call includes an additional modality aiming at Early Career Researchers holding a PhD since less than 10 years ago, i.e. obtained after 12 September 2015 (“ECR modality”).

Consortium composition

Each consortium must be composed of at least a minimum of three (3) eligible partners that request funding from participating Funding Partner Organisations (FPOs) from three different countries and involve at least two independent legal entities from two different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

The participating countries are:  Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom.

The budget to implement the Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects is about 28 M€ and will be topped-up by the European Commission.

A specific tool is provided in order to allow applicants to search for partners or enter their partnering profile. If you are looking for a partner or a project to join a partner search tool is available here.

Please consult the Call Announcement and its Annexes including the national/regional regulations on the Water4All website.