Water4All 2026 Joint Transnational Call

32 Funding Organisations from 29 countries all over Europe and beyond are pleased to announce a Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects on “Sustainable Water Management”  (excluding extreme events and circularity).

In line with the strategic objectives of Water4All, the results should contribute to the implementation of evidence-based, global, EU and national water management policies and strategies, within the frameworks of the European Green Deal, the zero-pollution action plan, the Water Framework Directive and the two so-called daughter directives on groundwater and quality of surface water, the Just Transition Mechanism, the European Water Resilience Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals. Proposals should show cognisance of appropriate legislation and policy frameworks that are relevant for the call at national and international levels.

The context for the general call topics is described in Theme III of the Water4All Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, “Integrated water management”. 

The Water4All 2026 Joint Transnational Call focuses on Sustainable Water Management (excluding extreme events and circularity), and invites proposals that address critical challenges related to Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), River Basin Management, Groundwater Management, Water Resilience, Integrated Water Monitoring and data management, Water-positive solutions.
 

The general theme of the call is “Sustainable Water Management”. 

Research & innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2026 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following topics: 

• Topic 1: Integrated Monitoring and Assessment for Sustainable Water Management.
• Topic 2: Nature-Based Approaches for Resilient Water Management at hydrological and hydrogeological system scale.
• Topic 3: Smart, secure and adaptive water infrastructures.
• Topic 4: Resilient Water Systems Through Systemic Change, Policy Coherence and Inclusive governance.

The call topics are overlapping and non-exclusive. Thus, proposals must address at least one of the following topics and may integrate multiple topics where relevant.