The call will focus on solutions for hydroclimatic extreme events, as described in the Water4All Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Theme III “Water for the future: sustainable water management”, as well as address the cross-cutting Theme VII “Governance” and Theme V “Water Infrastructures”. Research & innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2022 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following topics:

Topic 1. Resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events

• Addressing knowledge gaps in our understanding of the causes of water scarcity, drought events, seasonal variability in climate impacts to develop adaptation and mitigation measures, taking climate change into account.
• Developing and demonstrating innovative (or improved) societally acceptable adaptation and mitigation strategies to cope with hydro-climatic extreme events and their increase in length and duration. This includes floods and droughts, although is not limited to them, adopting a regional or a basin scale wide approach.
• Improving resilience and adaptation capacity of water infrastructure (e.g., industrial water facilities, urban networks, wastewater treatment facilities, stormwater management systems and rural systems) to hydroclimatic extreme events.

Topic 2. Tools for water management - in the context of hydroclimatic extreme events

• Developing tools (e.g., multi-risk approach, decision support tools, monetary/non- monetary costs valuation) to support the design and implementation of strategies for adaptation and mitigation to hydro-climatic extreme events, especially floods (including “flash-floods”), heat waves and droughts in a catchment to sea perspective.
• Generating new methodologies, tools and models for water resources assessment/modelling for water bodies in scarcely monitored /data scarce areas. A combination of physical and digital solutions is expected, and opportunities provided by citizen science should be seized.
• “Smartening the water system” and use of innovative digitalization, including improved/new sensors, models, communications and computing technologies.

Topic 3. Improved water governance in the context hydroclimatic extreme events and international contexts

• Undertaking an analysis and developing robust Governance models for the management of water resources in the context of extreme events, is critical increasing the decision-making capacity of institutions and involvement of citizens. This should include ways of improving coordination between water managers to increase our capacity to reduce vulnerability to extreme events, as well as effectively respond to them.
• Addressing and encouraging international cooperation in the field of water, including management of transboundary water resources and contribution to Water Diplomacy.

Please note that it is not compulsory to address all subtopics within a topic in the proposals.

• List of funding partner organisations and national contact points.
• List of national/regional regulations

Update 17 October
- new CONFAP’s agency made funds available

Update 4 October
- CONFAP from Brazil increased its national budget for the call

Update 29 September

Update 23 September
- Call Announcement - Update Table 1 – Participating countries
- National Annex – Update Brazil National Regulation: Increase Confap’s contributions

Update 14 September
- EPA from Ireland and SNSF from from Switzerland updated their information

Update 7 September
- IFD from Denmark has updated their national regulations.
- We are pleased to announce that CONFAP from Brazil has increased its national budget for the call. The total amount available from Brazil is 1.063.400,00 €

The following funding organisations have agreed to participate in the Water4All joint transnational call 2022:

Country	Organisation
Austria	Fonds Zur Förderung Der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)
Belgium	Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique- Fnrs (F.R.S.-FNRS)
Belgium	Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen (VLAIO)
Belgium	Fonds Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlaanderen (FWO)
Brazil	Conselho Nacional Das Fundacoes De Estaduais De Amparo A Pesquisa (CONFAP)
Brazil	Conselho Nacional De Desenvolvimento Cientifico E Tecnologico (CNPq)
Switzerland	Schweizerischer Nationalfonds ZurForderung Der WissenschaftlichenForschung (SNSF)
Czech Republic	Technologicka Agentura Ceske Republiky (TA CR)
Germany	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Denmark	Innovationsfonden (IFD)
Estonia	Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusagentuur (ETAg)
Spain	Agencia Estatal De Investigacion (AEI)
Spain	Centro Para El Desarrollo Tecnologico Industrial (CDTI)
France	Agence Nationale De La Recherche (ANR)
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Research And Innovation (UKRI)
Hungary	Nemzeti Kutatasi Fejlesztesi Es Innovacios Hivatal (NKFIH)
Ireland	Environmental Protection Agency Of Ireland (EPA)
Israel	Ministry Of National Infrastructure, Energy And Water Resources (MoE-IL)
Italy	Ministero Dello Sviluppo Economico (MISE)
Italy	Ministero Dell'Università E Della Ricerca (MUR)
Lithuania	Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba (LMT)
Luxembourg	Fonds National De La Recherche (FNR)
Latvia	Latvijas Zinatnes Padome (LZP)
Moldova	Agentia Nationala Pentru Cercetare Si Dezvoltare (NARD)
Malta	Ministeru Ghall Ambjent, Energija U Intrapriza (MEEE)
Netherlands	Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
Norway	Norges Forskningsrad (RCN)
Poland	Narodowe Centrum Badan I Rozwoju (NCBR)
Portugal	Fundacao Para A Ciencia E A Tecnologia (FCT)
Romania	Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior A Cercetarii Dezvoltarii Si Inovarii (UEFISCDI)
Sweden	Forskningsrådet För Miljö, Areella Näringar Och Samhällsbyggande (FORMAS)
Slovakia	Slovenska Akademia Vied (SAS)
Turkey	Turkiye Bilimsel Ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK)
South Africa	Water Research Commission (WRC)

The participation of applicants from other countries is allowed, if they have their own separate source of funding or if funds by another source are guaranteed (i.e., by a national or international funding organisation). 

 Information Webinar for Applicants

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Guidelines for pre-proposal submission (update: 5th of September): Click here

For more information, please contact:

Water4All Call Secretariat
Aldo Covello, Maria Bianco
MUR - Ministry of Universities and Research
DG for internationalization and communication
E-mail: water4all2022_callsecretariat@mur.gov.it

The international RD&I projects duration should be 36 months.
Budget:

Over 30 M€ have been provisionally allocated for this Joint Transnational Call by the participating Funding Partner Organisations, including support from the European Union.