Flexible fund calls
NEWS: The first flexible fund call round is now open! Closes 1st May 2026
Please read the below guidance document first:
https://water4allnet.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Flex-Fund-Guidance-document-180326.docx
Once you have read the guidance document please fill out the following 2 forms:
1. Basic EoI info via the following online MS form: Call for Expressions of Interest: Better Water for All Network+ Flexible Funding Round 1 – Fill out form
2. Download the application form using the below link – download this document, fill it out and email it to network manager Mirjam via m.lytton-lange@surrey.ac.uk
https://water4allnet.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Application-form-Flex-Fund-EoI-Word-document-180326-1.docx
General info regarding our funding calls:
We support collaborative, cross-disciplinary research projects through competitive Flexible Fund Calls.
Funding categories include:
• Small Study (3–6 months, up to £20K)
• Single-discipline Feasibility Study (6–12 months, up to £40K)
• Cross-discipline Feasibility Study (6–12 months, up to £80K)
Summary of Call Details:
Please check your eligibility for EPSRC funding at: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/check-if-you-are-eligible-forfunding/
| Funding level available | 80% FEC |
| Stage 1: Expression of Interest open | 18 March 2026 |
| Information Webinar | 22 April 2026 |
| Closing date for EoI | 1 May 2026, 4pm |
| Stage 2: Full proposal open | 15 June 2026 |
| Closing date for full proposal | 30 July 2026, 4pm |
| Double-blind peer review | 1 August – 16 September 2026 |
| Stage 3: Panel meeting | Late September 2026 |
| Notification of outcomes | Early October 2026 |
| Anticipated start date of projects | January- March 2027 |
The examples below are just to illustrate possible areas and inspire co-developed research projects across themes and with non-academic partners.
| Examples but not limited to: | |
| Theme 1 | Systems dynamics model: supplier, consumer, market, policy, economic; Business model, finance model, consumer agent-based model; Expand funding pathways, investment risk-return relationship, reduce uncertainty |
| Theme 2 | Sources, removal, environmental transmission and fate; Baseline measurement, regional variance; Methods and tools for monitoring; Risk assessment tools |
| Theme 3 | Bioremediation, biosynthesis, engineering biology; Advanced physico-chemical treatment- integrated with biological treatment; Nature-based engineering; LCA, TEA |
| Cross-theme | Social science, water equity/poverty (consumer group EDI); Citizen science monitoring campaign; Simulation and prediction tools for monitoring and process performance |
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