2022 Mülheim Water Award: A Chance to Win up to €10.000

Deadline: 28-Feb-22

Nominations are now open for the 2022 Mülheim Water Award, the Award honours practice-oriented research and development projects as well as the implementation of innovative concepts for a secure drinking water supply and water analysis.

The Mülheim Water Award is an international water award that honours praxis-orientated projects and developments as well as the implementation of innovative concepts in the fields of drinking water supply and water analysis.

The Mülheim Water Award is coordinated by IWW Water Centre in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The Award Ceremony of the Mülheim Water Award 2022 takes place during the conference dinner of the 5. Mülheimer Wasseranalytisches Seminars (MWAS 2022 ) at the 14. September 2022 in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The Patron and Lord Mayor of Mülheim will hand over the Award.

Subject of submission for 2022: Innovations for a sustainable, safe and secure drinking water supply.

Prize Information

The Mülheim Water Award is endowed with a prize money of 10.000 EUR, donated in equal parts by RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft mbH and GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG.
The prize money can be split between two winners. The decision if and to which parts the price money is split is subject to the jury.
In the case that a group applied, the money goes to the leading applicant.
The price money can be used for any purpose and the recipients of the price money agree to be mentioned by name publicly.

Eligibility Criteria

Natural or legal persons, groups of persons and institutions from Europe may apply with projects about innovative procedures, solutions, products and concepts. Also of interest are new findings with a strong focus on practical use and applicability within water management.
You can only apply yourself, you cannot be nominated or suggested by anyone else and you cannot suggest anyone. If you apply as a group, there has to be named one so called ‘leading applicant’. Members of the jury are not allowed to participate.
You can apply from Europe (geographically defined, not politically). The geographical limitation to Europe is related to the location of the headquarters of the applicant.
If you apply as a group, at least one member of the group has to have their headquarters in Europe. The implementation of the project you apply with does not have to be in Europe.
If the project you want to apply with ended more than two years ago (measured from the time of the application) you cannot apply with it any longer. You are allowed to apply with a project that isn’t finished yet, but only if it is in an advanced state, concluded from a scientific point of view, and the results can be measured according to the evaluation criteria.