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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Sustainable Water Future Programme Working Groups

June 20, 2016

The Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) of Future Earth is calling for proposals to form different working groups that will develop the research programme of Water Future under the following research priority areas:

  • Water, Sanitation, and Health
  • Water Quality and Ecosystem
  • Balancing Water Needs for Humans and the Environment
  • Groundwater Management
  • Freshwater Systems and Deltas
  • Understanding Human values of the Freshwater Systems in the Anthropocene
  • Urban Water System
  • Transboundary Water
  • Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
  • Climate Risk and Adaptation/ Coping with Hydrological Variability Research proposals in similar areas of study are also welcome

WORKING GROUPS

Working Groups of Water Future will develop research strategies and activities in accordance with the programme’s agenda. Other than basic research, each of the working groups will contribute to the key initiatives of Water Future – the Global Water System Assessment Initiative and Water Solutions Lab Network, which will integrate a broad international science, policy and practice community. Regional centres and the international secretariat will be responsible for the coordination of the working groups and their key initiatives to help define their roles.

The groups should be interdisciplinary and consist of members from all over the globe, integrating the natural and social sciences, legal and governance expertise, economics and technology to address solutions to the multi-faceted global water problems.

  • Topics should be global in scope
  • Water Future will help to facilitate the creation of working groups among researchers with similar proposal interests
  • Groups should be 15 to 20 people maximum of three years duration.
  • The leader or chair of each working group will be part of the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of Water Future
  • The themes described above are not really silos and instead, connect to any other themes.

Water Future aims to connect problem identifiers with solution identifiers, knowledge generators and knowledge implementers while focusing on integrated solutions to develop knowledge-to-concrete actions and find solutions through the co-production of knowledge involving scientists and other stakeholders. The WGs are encouraged to engage relevant stakeholders in their activities (co-design and co-production) from policy development, government agencies, and non-governmental organisations including business groups and non-profits, and other representatives of civil society.

BENEFITS

Working groups in Water Future will form part of a platform for integrative research on the global water system with leading organisations. This will increase the visibility of the working group to different stakeholders (governments, funding agencies, and donors) as part of an authoritative global water platform for science-driven sustainable solutions.

Other Benefits include:

  • Water Future’s support in organising workshops  and conferences
  • Assistance in the dissemination of key results to improve translation from research to outcomes
  • Promote awareness of research activities amongst the relevant science communities and funding agencies in the region
  • Develop research proposals, and help to mobilize external research funding
  • Opportunities to expand the scope of research through contributions in Global Water System Assessment, and strong links to global water policy makers, business and practitioners in society through active participation in the Water Solutions Lab Network (WSLN)
  • Support from the International Modelling and Data team
  • Collaboration with other relevant working groups and projects under Future Earth
  • Enhanced visibility through promotion of events and research on the Water Future website, and through print and online publications.

NOTES

Water Future will help the working groups secure external funding to organise workshops and cover meeting costs such as participants’ travel and accommodation expenses. Water Future does not allow the use of funds for overheads incurred by the host institution. Please note, it is the responsibility of organisers to generate most of the funding necessary for the meeting.

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