CALL FOR NON-SOLICITED PROPOSALS
WRC Call for Non-Solicited Proposals for Projects Commencing on 1st April 2009
The WRC is pleased to announce the call for non-solicited proposals for the next financial year commencing on 1 April 2009. Note that the WRC's financial year extends from 1 April to 31 March. All annual project budgets will be required to coincide with this financial year period. The call for Solicited proposals and associated terms of reference will commence on 18 June 2008. Please familiarise yourself with the information below before you start preparing an application.
NON-SOLICITED FUNDING
The following table indicates the anticipated distribution of funds for new projects within each KSA for each of the 2 main funding streams (This is important to consider when responding to the 2008 call for proposals). Please note that these allocations are only an indication of the proposed distribution. The final amounts may differ and are subject to change at the discretion of the WRC Executive.
Research Projects Solicited Non-solicited Total
KSA 1
Water Resource Management (R)
KSA 2
Water-Linked Ecosystems (R)
KSA 3
Water Use and Waste Management (R)
KSA 4
Water Utilisation in Agriculture (R)
Total (R) 16 514 820 11 855 714 28 370 534
3 960 000 3 411 754 7 371 754
2 800 000 5 098 000 7 898 000
5 800 000 3 345 960 9 145 960
3 954 820 0 3 954 820
The deadline for the submission of Non-solicited proposals is 7 July 2008 at 24:00. Please ensure that applications are completed well in advance of the deadlines as the volume and external factors such as load shedding could affect the efficiency of the system. It is also advisable to download the Guidelines for Proposal Preparation and Submission from the website before you start preparing an application. Also take note of the list of solicited proposal titles at the end to avoid duplication.
An electronic helpdesk and call centre is available should you encounter any problems completing the application forms on line. E-mail or phone Mr Pieter Smit at pieters@wrc.org.za or 012 – 330 9052 (7h45 – 16h00 on week days).
KSA 1: WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The new envisaged projects will continue to support the implementation of the NWA as per strategically defined priorities. The following Thrusts and Programmes are open for non-solicited proposals in KSA 1: THRUST 1: WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 300 000 Emphasis on: • • • Programme 2: Surface water/groundwater hydrology Programme 5: climate change and hydro-climatic variability Programme 6: Water resource quality management
THRUST 2: MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 911 754 Emphasis on: • • • Programme 1: Developing predictive tools and adaptive measures to global climate change Programme 2: Human-induced impacts Programme 3: Integrated flood and drought management
THRUST 3: WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 100 000 Emphasis on: • • • Programme 1: Protection and management of surface water and groundwater quality Programme 2: Urban and rural water resource management Programme 3: Integrated river flow and catchment hydraulics
THRUST 4: WATER RESOURCE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 500 000 Emphasis on:
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Programme 2: Compliance and enforcement Programme 3: Pricing and financing WRM Programme 4: Transboundary water resources
Please take note of the list of solicited proposal titles at the end to avoid duplication.
KSA 2: WATER-LINKED ECOSYSTEMS
The funding emphasis for the year 2009/2010 will be specifically on Thrusts 1. The following Thrusts and Programmes are open for non-solicited proposals in KSA 2: THRUST 1: ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 548 000 Emphasis on: • • • • • Programme Programme Programme Programme Programme 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Estuarine processes Riverine processes Wetland processes Ground-water-dependent ecosystems Impoundments
THRUST 2: ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND UTILISATION Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 250 000 Emphasis on: • • • • • • • Programme Programme Programme Programme Programme Programme Programme 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Ecological Reserve Estuary management Ecosystem health Environmental water quality Endocrine disrupting compounds Socio-economic considerations Ecosystem governance
THRUST 3: ECOSYSTEM REHABILITATION Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 450 000 Emphasis on: • • • Programme 1: Wetland rehabilitation Programme 2: River rehabilitation Programme 3: Influence of instream- constructed barriers
KSA 3: WATER USE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
The new envisaged projects will continue to focus on the domestic, commercial, industrial and mining water sectors. The following Thrusts and Programmes are open for non-solicited proposals in KSA 3: THRUST 2: WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 2 345 960 Emphasis on: • • • • Programme Programme Programme Programme 1: 2: 3: 4: Drinking water treatment technology Water treatment for rural communities Drinking water quality Water distribution and distribution systems
THRUST 3: SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AND SANITATION None of the programmes in Thrust 3 are open for non-solicited proposals for the 2009/10 financial year THRUST 4: INDUSTRIAL AND MINE-WATER MANAGEMENT Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 1 000 000 Emphasis on: • • • • • • Programme 1: Programme 2: management Programme 3: Programme 4: Programme 5: Programme 6: Quantification of water use and waste production Regulatory mechanisms to improve industrial and mine-water Minimising the impact of waste on the water environment Minimising waste production Improved ability to predict and quantify effects Beneficiation and treatment of industrial and mining effluents
THRUST 5: SANITATION AND HYGIENE EDUCATION Available budget for the 2009/10 financial year: R 700 000 Emphasis on: • • Programme 1: Advocacy, health and hygiene education Programme 2: Peri-urban sanitation research
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Programme 4: Institutional and management aspects of sanitation service delivery Programme 4: Technical sustainability of sanitation services
KSA 4: WATER UTILISATION IN AGRICULTURE
None of the thrusts or programmes is open for non-solicited proposals in KSA 4 for the 2009/10 financial year.
SOLICITED FUNDING – INDICATIVE TITLES
The call for Solicited proposals and full details such as budget allocations, time frames and terms of reference will commence on 18 June 2008. It is however, important to take note of the titles of the planned solicited projects in order to avoid preparing and submitting a bid for nonsolicited research funding when a similar solicited research project is planned.
SOLICITED PROJECT TITLES FOR KSA 1: WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
THRUST 1: WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Programme 1: Water resource planning The hydrogeology of Groundwater Region 10: Karst belt [targeted] Programme 2: Surface water/groundwater hydrology The use of isotope hydrology to characterise and assess the water resources in selected catchments Programme 4: Water resource development A framework for evaluation and prioritisation of national water resource infrastructure maintenance and upgrade Programme 6: Water resource quality management Scoping study on the management of microbial contamination (taking also chemical quality in consideration) in water resources in CMAs Development of EDC and Toxicants Monitoring and Assessment Guideline (Vol 1) Management options for EDCs in catchments (Vol 4B) THRUST 3: WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION Programme 1: Protection and management of surface water and groundwater quality Database and monitoring protocol for comprehensive fate and transport modelling of micro-
organisms in dolomitic aquifers Programme 2: Urban and rural water resource management Groundwater management functions
SOLICITED PROJECT TITLES FOR KSA 2: WATER-LINKED ECOSYSTEMS
THRUST 2: ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND UTILISATION Programme 1: Ecological Reserve Development of DSS software for the determination of environmental water requirements Analysis of the ecological Reserve implementation scenarios with the intention to design an effective implementation approach / plan Programme 4: Environmental water quality A laboratory study to determine the effect of mixtures of pesticides in water on fish and small mammals (to support risk assessment). (Continuation of K5/1706) Programme 6: Socio-economic considerations Societal response / adaptation to the effects of climate change on water resource availability THRUST 3: ECOSYSTEM REHABILITATON Programme 3: Instream barriers – Rehabilitation of Impoundments Hartbeespoort Dam Recovery Consortium
SOLICITED PROJECT TITLES FOR KSA 3: WATER USE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
THRUST 1: WATER SERVICES – INSTITUTIONAL AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES Programme 1: Cost-recovery in water services Critical assessment of raising basic level of water services Programme 2: Institutional and management issues – Water services Developing protocols and guidelines for municipalities to undertake studies to determine the impact or influence of climate change on water services delivery Water services in the context of growth and development Water services asset management: Establishing a methodology and tools to determine the vulnerability and risks of water services infrastructure Water services asset management: Methodology for costing and valuation of assets
Programme 3: Innovative management arrangements – Rural water supply Investigating the social response to the vulnerability of water infrastructure. Social scarcity of water and water use Investigating operational and indigenous knowledge of water use and waste management, and establishing ways to integrate them into water services management Programme 4: Regulation of water services Investigating the mechanism and processes used in setting water services tariffs THRUST 2: WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY Programme 1: Drinking water treatment technology Assessment of the prevalence of organic compounds in raw and treated water for potable purposes, their fate in current treatment plants, and compilation of a guideline on best available technology for the removal thereof. Programme 2: Water treatment for rural communities Compilation of guidelines for the selection and use of home water treatment systems and devices. THRUST 5: SANITATION, HEALTH AND HYGIENE EDUCATION Programme 1:Advocacy, health and hygiene education Survey of hand-washing and hygiene behaviour Programme 2: Peri-urban sanitation research Establishment of a sanitation technology demonstration centre Programme 4: Technical sustainability of sanitation services Piloting and testing the pour-flush latrine technology for its applicability in South Africa Design of pit latrines Future work in pit latrine additive research
SOLICITED PROJECT TITLES FOR KSA 4: WATER UTILISATION IN AGRICULTURE
THRUST 1: WATER UTILISATION FOR FOOD AND FIBRE PRODUCTION Programme 1: Water-efficient production methods in relation to soils, crops and technology in rain-fed and irrigated agriculture Water use of crops and land suitable for bio-fuel production Programme 2: Fitness-for-use of water for crop production, livestock watering and aquaculture Impacts of micro-organisms, parasites and chemicals on food safety THRUST 2: WATER UTILISATION FOR FUELWOOD AND TIMBER PRODUCTION Programme 1: Water-efficient production methods and systems in agro-forestry, woodlands and forestry plantations Water use and economic value of biomass of indigenous trees under plantation conditions THRUST 3: WATER UTILISATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND WEALTH CREATION IN
AGRICULTURE Programme 1: Sustainable water-based agricultural activities in rural communities Empowerment of women in rural areas through tenure security and skills training for gender equity and poverty reduction Programme 2: Integrated water management for profitable farming systems Co-operative governance in food value chains in rain-fed agriculture to include emerging farmers in the mainstream of the economy THRUST 4: WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION AND RECLAMATION IN AGRICULTURE Programme 1: Sustainable water resource use on irrigation schemes and within river catchments Drainage of degraded land and GIS mapping to monitor the status of salinisation and water tables on irrigated land Programme 2: Impact assessment and environmental management of agricultural production Impact of wastewater disposal by wineries on soils, crop growth and product quality Adaptive practices and techniques in agriculture to reduce vulnerability of households/farms to climate change