RT2E call for applications
Solutions for better access to clean water in a changing climate
The evertéa Foundation is publishing its annual call for proposals – Solutions for better access to clean water in a changing climate – within the framework of the Research Program in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (RT2E).
Water resources represent a major challenge of the future. In addition to human activities, e.g. industrial activity, agriculture, climate change will affect not only water resources, but also the water quality and the transfer of contaminants. Indeed, a global increase in temperature of at least 2.5˚C is expected by 2050. This rise in temperature will affect many aspects of our aquatic environment, including drying up lakes and rivers, extreme pulse events like intense rainfalls and floods, affecting the fate, mobility and toxicity of contaminants and finally modifying water quality parameters.
In this context, the aim of the RT2E 2024 call is to encourage the development of innovative research projects around water-related issues, e.g. water quality (including contamination), quantity, water cycle disbalances.
This Call for Proposals issued by the evertéa Foundation will finance up to three projects for a period of two-years with a maximum budget of 20K euros per project.
This call targets projects that take into account the consequences of climate change and address one or more of the following items:
- Study of water decontamination, remediation, potabilization in order to reduce pollution in water at chemical and biological levels for a better access to clean tap water.
- Study of the impacts of organic, inorganic and microbial contaminants as well as salts affecting water quality.
- Study of the effects of changes in water quality and physicochemical parameters (temperature, etc.) on aquatic ecosystems.
In this context, examples of projects that would be particularly appreciated include:
- Proposals integrating the exposome concept, including the socio-exposome.
- Proposals targeting the geochemical cycle of contaminants.
- Proposals addressing a water-soil-air continuum.
- Proposals dealing with modelling, artificial intelligence, or machine learning.
- Application of digital platforms in the assessment of anthropogenic contributions to climate change leading to water scarcity.
SEND YOUR PROPOSAL
Download proposal template and send it to contact@fondationevertea.org before June 30th in an email entitled
“RT2E2024 – Water & Related Issues”
