Water4All: Funding available for research projects related to water and circular economy
The mission of the European Partnership Water4All is to support research and innovation projects that will improve global water security in the long term. The theme for the 2024 call that is now open is “Water for Circular Economy”. Funding will be available for international research projects.
The projects should contribute to the implementation of 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. The proposals should show cognisance of appropriate legislation and policy frameworks at national and international levels while addressing policy actions and steering mechanisms needed to promote the shift to circular economy.
The European Partnership Water4All brings together 80 partners from 30 countries and the European Commission. The national funders in Finland are the Research Council of Finland and the Ministry of the Environment.
Call for applications, general eligibility criteria and drawing up the application:
The projects funded by the Ministry of the Environment must be in compliance with the Act on Discretionary Government Grants (688/2001) and the conditions and restrictions concerning special grants awarded by the Ministry of the Environment:
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The Ministry of the Environment can contribute up to 70 per cent of the total costs of the project. By derogation from the conditions and restrictions concerning special grants of the Ministry of the Environment, the percentage applies to both direct and indirect costs.
A central government accounting office may not be a government grant recipient. An internal central government funding decision may be made regarding a central government accounting office.
The Ministry of the Environment may also require the grant recipient to submit an affirmation concerning sanctions:
When the grant is paid, no value added tax is added to the total amount as grants awarded by the Government are not sales for consideration. Monetary transactions without consideration are not sales as referred to in section 1 of the Value Added Tax Act. With respect to the costs incurred by the implementer of the project (e.g. purchased services) value added tax is, as a rule, an eligible cost if the grant recipient does not have the right to deduct the value added tax and the costs would thus remain a final cost of the recipient.
The submission deadline of preproposals is 13 November 2024 at 15.00 CET (16.00 Finnish time).
Inquiries:
Laura Höijer
Research Director
Ministry of the Environment
tel. +358 295 250 139
[email protected]
Kirsi-Marja Lonkila
Senior Specialist
Ministry of the Environment
tel. +358 295 250 356
[email protected]