The two-stage Joint Transnational Call (JTC) will be launched in September 2024 in the framework of the European partnership Water4All and will support research and innovation projects to improve water security in the long term. The results should contribute to the implementation of evidence-based, global, EU and national water management policies and strategies, within the frameworks of the Green Deal, Water Framework Directive, Just Transition and the Water Action Agenda for UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Call publication and tentative timeline:
- Publication of the call: 12 September 2024
- Deadline of preproposals: 13 November 2024
- Selection of preproposals: End of February 2025
- Deadline of full proposals: 29 April 2025
- Selection of funded proposals: early October 2025
This call will include an additional call modality aimed at Early Career Researchers holding a PhD for less than 10 years. The details for this modality will be published in the Water4All 2024 Call Announcement document.
Proposals are required to address at least one of the following themes:
- Enhancement of water circularity in industries
- Urban water circularity
- Resource recovery and valorization
- Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products
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”. Likewise, Themes VI and VII in the SRIA on “International cooperation” and “Governance”, respectively, must be considered as they are cross-cutting issues to all other themes.
Some guidelines regarding the consortium are already provided. Nevertheless, they are provided for information purposes: only the detailed criteria published in the final call announcement are binding:
- Each consortium must be composed of a minimum of three eligible partners that request funding from participating Funding Partner Organisations from three different countries.
- In addition to the abovementioned condition, the projects must involve at least two independent legal entities from two different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries as recipients of the financial support.
- The upper limit of eligible project partners per consortium is 7, including 1 self-funded partner (if applicable).
- No more than one self-funded project partner per consortium is allowed.
Additional information can be consulted here.