2025 WASH Grants: Support for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Projects

[May 2025]

The 2025 WASH Grants provide crucial funding to support innovative and impactful projects focused on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in underserved communities. These grants aim to enhance public health, promote sustainable practices, and ensure access to safe water and sanitation for all.

Call for Proposals: FAPESP Grant for International Researchers
Deadline: 3 June 2025
The São Paulo Research Foundation is pleased to invite applications for its Investigator Grant for International Researchers to boost the scientific and technological leadership of São Paulo in multiple areas of knowledge…[more]

Entries open for Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Nominations are now open for the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world…[more]

Call for Solutions: World Water Challenge 2025
Deadline: 25-Jul-25
The World Water Challenge is an international contest hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Korea and organized by Korea Water Forum for Water Solutions…[more]

Nominations open for Paul L. Busch Award
Deadline: 2 June 2025
The Paul L. Busch Award recognizes an individual for innovative research in the field of water quality and the water environment, with a special focus on those who show promise and make significant contributions in bridging research and its practical application…[more]

Registrations open for iF Social Impact Prize (Round One)
Deadline: 03-Jun-2025
The International Forum Design (iF Design) is inviting applications for its iF Social Impact Prize to support projects that contribute to their society…[more]

Call for Nominations: Stockholm Water Prize
Deadline: 1-Sep-25
The Stockholm International Water Institute is pleased to invite nominations for its Stockholm Water Prize to recognize people and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources…[more]

Call for Applications: Zayed Sustainability Prize
Deadline: 23-Jun-2025
Applications are now open for the Zayed Sustainability Prize that recognises and rewards small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions…[more]

Open Call for Associated Regions of the RHE-MEDiation Project
Deadline: 31-May-25
The RHE-MEDiation Project aims to establish effective water pollution management by using efficient control of single pollutants, including the most challenging, and help to set up appropriate propositions to regulatory standards…[more]

Open Call: Thematic Area 1 Water Management Program in the Nexus
Deadline: 15-Jul-25
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) has opened a call for Thematic Area 1 Water Management Program to upscale Nature Based Solutions for sustainable water management to address extreme events in the Mediterranean…[more]

Call: Thematic Area 2 – Farming Systems Program in the Nexus
Deadline: 15-Jul-25
Submissions are now open for the PRIMA Program for the enhancement of Sustainable Farming Systems within Mediterranean Wetlands for Conservation and Coexistence…[more]

Open Call: PRIMA Section 2 Multitopics Program 2025
Deadline: 8-Jul-25
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) is accepting applications for its Section 2 Multitopics Program…[more]

Anveshan Centre of Excellence Research Grant Program (India)
Deadline: 25 May 2025
The Anveshan Centre of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Management Indore, is launching its Research Initiative to support academic and applied research in critical areas aligned with the Swachh Bharat Mission…[more]

Communities Climate Adaptation Facility Grants Program in Fiji
Deadline: 16-Jun-25
The Communities Climate Adaptation Facility (C-CAF) is a global initiative spearheaded by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) to address the pressing needs of local communities at the frontline of the climate crisis…[more]

Call for EOIs: Establishment of a WASH Information Management System (Syria)
Deadline: 24-May-25
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is calling for expression of interests to establish WASH Information Management System…[more]

CorpsAfrica Volunteers Pre-Service Training Program in Rwanda
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The CorpsAfrica recruits and places ambitious young Africans in rural, underserved communities in their own countries to apply their education, build their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and venture beyond their comfort zones to learn about their countries and about themselves…[more]

Light A Single Candle Foundation’s International Grants Program (US)
Deadline: 12-Jul-25
Applications are now open for the Light A Single Candle Foundation’s International Grants Program…[more]

CFPs: Supporting Hungarian Organisations Successfully Participating in the Joint International Calls of European Partnerships
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The aim of the Call financed from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund is to provide the national contribution for Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international calls for proposals for European Partnerships co-funded by the EU Horizon Europe research and innovation framework programme and in which the NRDI Office is involved…[more]