Open opportunities from Water Research Foundation
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Emerging Opportunities
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This is a rapid-response funding mechanism from the funder designed to support timely research addressing urgent or newly emerging issues in the water and wastewater sectors. It is intended for researchers and organizations that can quickly mobilize to tackle pressing water-sector challenges.
Research Prize for Wastewater Resource Recovery and Water Quality
••••• Foundation
The Paul L. Busch Award is a $100,000 prestigious research prize recognizing outstanding advancement in wastewater resource recovery and water quality treatment. It targets researchers and institutions conducting innovative work in these water-focused domains.
Facilitated Research
••••• Foundation
WRF facilitates collaborative research partnerships between utilities, stakeholders, and researchers to address complex water sector challenges. This grant funds multi-stakeholder research projects in water and wastewater treatment, supply, and management.
Unsolicited Research
••••• Foundation
The funder invites researchers to propose innovative water and wastewater research projects outside its standard research priorities. This unsolicited grant programme funds novel ideas that advance water sector knowledge and practice.
Research Priority Program
••••• Foundation
WRF's primary research funding mechanism that identifies and funds collaborative research priorities addressing critical water quality and management challenges in partnership with subscribers and the water sector. This is a broad call for research proposals aligned with sector-identified priorities in water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
Facilitated Research Grants
••••• Foundation
WRF offers research grants for water quality, treatment, and utility management topics through its facilitated research programme. The grants support applied research and development projects addressing challenges in water supply, wastewater, and water quality management.
Tailored Collaboration
••••• Foundation
This grant enables water utilities, wastewater operators, and small consortia to fund bespoke research projects addressing their specific operational or regulatory challenges in water and wastewater management. Subscribers can tailor research scope and outcomes to their immediate needs rather than applying to generic calls.
Unsolicited Research Program
••••• Foundation
This grant funds innovative and transformative research projects in water science, treatment, and quality submitted by researchers and utilities through a pre-proposal process. It is open to researchers and water utilities seeking to advance novel ideas in water-related domains.
Tailored Collaboration Program
••••• Foundation
A matching research program where water utilities and researchers collaborate on targeted, utility-specific research projects addressing water treatment, wastewater, and water-quality challenges. Eligible applicants include utilities and research institutions seeking to fund applied research with direct operational relevance.