Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.cwn-rce.ca/category/research-funding/
Sponsor/Award: NETWORK CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE - CANADIAN WATER NETWORK - CND MUNICIPAL WATER CONSORTIUM - 2012 WINTER COMPETITION

Grant Amount: MAX $200K FOR UP TO 3 YRS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jan 13, 2012
Sponsor's: Jan 20, 2012

Subject Areas: Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Drinking Water, Water Resource Management, Waste Water, Wastewater Technologies
Description:

The Canadian Water Network catalyzes and supports multidisciplinary research and related initiatives that address key challenges in water management across three areas: protecting Canada's watersheds and ecosystems, protecting the health of Canadians, and ensuring that Canada has sustainable water infrastructure.

The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is currently inviting selected teams to provide research proposals to establish multi-institutional, multidisciplinary research within the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium (CMWC) to support decision makers and practitioners in the following areas: Managing the impacts of urban wet weather flows (stormwater and combined sewer overflows) to mitigate impacts on treatment systems and receiving waters; Increasing energy efficiency and resource recovery and reuse options for municipal water & wastewater management; Options to address priority risks for Canadian drinking water treatment & distribution systems; Innovative approaches to wastewater & biosolids management for small, remote and/or decentralized systems.

Application Details: To be eligible for CWN funding, projects must have demonstrated, by the full proposal submission date, matching support from partner sources that constitute ?50% of the budget. The deadline for submitting proposals is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, January 20, 2012. The proposal involves two forms, which should be submitted by email to Janice Levangie at jlevangie@cwn-rce.ca.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Russelo,Theresa M
Pocock,Katy

Sponsor Contacts:

INFO@CWN-RCE.CA
Unviersity of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
519 888-4567