Deadline: 7-May-25
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is requesting proposals to create a more effective watershed management framework by balancing human and natural land uses to overcome the limitations of past approaches focused on individual pollutants.
The goal is to integrate human and natural systems to foster resilient watershed health, supported by a user-friendly decision-support framework and real-world case studies to guide stakeholders in improving holistic watershed management strategies:
- Review and develop watershed condition metrics and assessment protocols for both human and natural asset structures and functions that best describe holistic approach watershed health and benefits in a social-ecological system context.
- Evaluate landscape conservation, recovery, and mitigation management strategies to assess their effectiveness in maintaining and improving watershed conditions and achieving aquatic ecosystem health targets along a disturbance gradient.
- Build an Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Natural and Nature-Based (NNB) decision-support framework to set watershed and ecosystem health goals that support desired social-ecological outcomes. Ensure the framework is adaptable and can be applied to multiple ecosystems and landscapes beyond the initial watershed.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request up to $200,000 in WRF funds for this project.
- The anticipated period of performance for this project is 24 months from the contract start date.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals will be accepted from both U.S.-based and non-U.S.-based entities, including educational institutions, research organizations, governmental agencies, and consultants or other for-profit entities.
Evaluation Criteria
- The following criteria will be used to evaluate proposals:
- Understanding the Problem and Responsivenessto RFP
- Technical and Scientific Merit
- Qualifications, Capabilities, and Management
- Communication Plan, Deliverables, and Applicability
- Budget and Schedule
For more information, visit WRF.