Deadline: 31 October 2018

IHE Delft has announced a DUPC2 Call for “Research for development proposals led by institutes from developing countries”.

The purpose of this call is to encourage further collaboration between researchers and practitioners from developing countries, and their engagement in the programme.

Objectives

The following are the specific objectives of this call:

• Stimulate problem-orientated research to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to water and development.
• Increase the number of projects that focus on ‘Water scarcity in the Middle East, Northern Africa and the Nile region’ and/or have ‘Genderand inclusiveness’ as their main theme.
• Stimulate regional collaboration on transboundary water and development challenges, or collaboration on similar challenges where countries in a region could learn from each other.
• Encourage research that contributes to the development and uptake and/or piloting of innovative solutions, in close cooperation with the intended users of the research.

Thematic Areas

Projects under this call will address one or more of the following DUPC2 themes:

• Gender and inclusiveness in relation to water and development
• Efficient water management, particularly in the agricultural sector
• Improved catchment area management and safe deltas
• Access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation
• Water diplomacy

Funding Information

An estimated total budget of €800K is available for this call with a maximum DUPC funding of €100k per project.

Duration

The proposed projects have a maximum duration of two years.

Countries and Regions

• Projects can target one or more countries, but should limit their focus to one region.
• Projects funded under this call will focus on one of the following countries and regions:
  • Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine)
  • North-African region and Nile river basin, including the Eastern Nile
  • Sahel (Mali, Niger and Nigeria)
  • Mozambique, and the Zambezi river basin
  • Asian deltas, including the Mekong delta, Ganges-Bramaputra delta, Irrawaddy delta and Ciliwung delta
  • Colombia, and the Magdalena river basin
• The first two listed regions get priority in this call; the anticipated minimum number of selected projects from these regions is four.
• Other countries in the regions mentioned are eligible for funding, but only if they are a low or middle income country and only in combination with one or more of the countries mentioned above.

Eligibility Criteria

• The proposal should be led by a researcher from an institute from a country or region the proposal is targeting (see above). It is preferable that the lead partner has collaboration with IHE Delft.
• The research team consist of at least two partners from developing countries from the same region.
• Teams are encouraged to include non-academic local/regional partners like civil society, NGO’s, private sector and government if it can be demonstrated that they can bring strategic value to the project.

How to Apply

Applicants can download the Proposal template via given website.

For more information, please visit IHE Delft.