"Water & Health" Joint Transnational Call Open
On September 12, 2025, the European partnership "Water4All“ launched its fourth joint call for research and innovation projects. The partnership will fund transnational projects investigating the complex interactions between water systems and human health, with a special focus on water quality, contaminants and water treatment technologies.
The call announcement invites submissions of innovative instruments, methods, and approaches: for example, precise, efficient, and cost-effective methods for monitoring water quality to optimize risk assessment and management; or sustainable water treatment technologies that ensure a safe drinking water supply and effective wastewater disposal.
The call addresses a total of four topics:
- Waterborne contaminants & health risks: occurrence, behaviour, interactions and vulnerability
- Innovative tools and technologies for water quality and exposure monitoring
- Water treatment and exposure mitigation
- Governance, socio-economic innovation, and policy integration for water and health
A detailed description of these topics can be found in the English-language call announcement on the joint call website.
Thirty-three funding organizations from 30 countries have joined forces for this call. On the German side, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) is participating.
Submission and deadlines
Project proposals must be submitted in English via an electronic application portal to the Call Secretariat .
The two-stage application process has a deadline for pre-proposals ending on November 13, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. (CET).
Following a positive evaluation, the Call Secretariat will invite applicants to submit a full proposal to the responsible project management agency Karlsruhe (PTKA) by April 13, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. (CET). Information on submission, eligibility, evaluation criteria, and other details is available on the Water4All website.
About Water4All
The Water4All partnership involves 90 institutions from 32 countries and three European networks. Its goal is to secure long-term water supplies by promoting water-related innovations through research. The Water4All secretariat is based at the French research agency Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) in Paris. Water4All brings together all relevant stakeholders (research funders, innovation promoters, policy makers, networks, and associations) to ensure prompt translation of research results into practice.