Opportunity: Apply for the WRC & TIA Water Seed Funding

WRC 7 TIA WATER SEED FUND

CALLING INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS TO APPLY FOR THE WRC TIA WATER SEED FUND PROGRAMME  

The Water Research Commission (WRC) together with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have launched the Water Seed Fund which will award up to R200,000 per project for innovation-oriented projects conducted by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the water sector. The objective of the WRC TIA Water Seed Fund is to support pre-seed and seed activities with the intention to develop innovations into next stage “investor fundable” opportunities.

We invite innovators in academia and the private sector to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to be considered for funding as stipulated in the attached Open Call document. You are also encouraged to forward the Call to other stakeholders who may benefit from the Seed Fund.

The Completed EOI should be emailed (in PDF format) to Mr Thabo Mthombeni  on thabom@wrc.org.za and Ms Thembela Ntlemeza on thembin@wrc.org.za by 17h00, Friday 29th January 2021.

For more information, refer to the related content and documents or contact Mr Thabo Mthombeni (WRC) at thabom@wrc.org.za or Ms Tshembani Khupane (TIA) at tshembani.khupane@tia.org.za.