Water4All Joint Call 2026 is open

The Water4All Call 2026: Sustainable Water Management is officially open. The deadline for pre-proposals submission is 10th November 2026, 15:00 CET.

Projects must address at least one of the following themes: 

  1. Integrated Monitoring and Assessment for Sustainable Water Management   
  2. Nature-Based Approaches for Resilient Water Management at Hydrological and hydrogeological system scale   
  3. Smart, secure and adaptive water infrastructures for sustainable water management
  4. Resilient Water Systems Through Systemic Change, Policy Coherence and Inclusive Governance   

The rules for Czech applicants are based on the SIGMA Programme. Document outlining Rules for Czech participants is available here. The total financial amount of TA CR support for the call for Czech applicants is EUR 500 000. The maximum per project is EUR 160 000. The maximum intensity of support for the Czech side of the project is 80% of the total eligible costs of the project.

To be eligible, research consortia will have to include teams from a minimum of 3 countries financially participating in the Call (including at least 2 from EU Member States or EU Associated Countries) and a maximum of 7 partners.

Participating countries:*
Belgie (F.R.S-FNRS, FWO, FIO), Brazílie (CONFAP, CNPq), Česká republika (TA ČR), Dánsko (IFD), Estonsko (ETAg), Finsko (MMM), Francie (ANR), Irsko (EPA), Israel (MoE ), Jihoafrická republika (WRC), Litva (LMT), Lotyšsko (LZP), Lucembursko (FNR), Maďarsko (NKFIH), Malta (MEEE), Moldavsko (NARD), Nizozemsko (NWO), Německo (BMBF), Norsko (RCN), Polsko (NCN), Rakousko (FWF),  Řecko (GSRI), Rumunsko (UEFISCDI), Slovensko (SAS, CVTI SR), Španělsko (AEI, CDTI), Švédsko (FORMAS), Tunisko (MHESR), Turecko (TUBITAK), Velká Británie (UKRI, NERC).

*The list is current as of the date 8. 9. 2026.

Proposals will have to be submitted electronically to Water4All. Instructions regarding submission, eligibility, evaluation criteria, list of participating countries and other relevant information can be found at Water4All.

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An Information Webinar for applicants will be held on September 17th, 2026 at 14:00 (CEST). Registration here.