Are you interested in presenting at a conference in 2025 on WASH / Water Resource Management Related Work and seeking travel funds?
PRO-WASH & SCALE will fund up to three presenters who are/have worked with USAID BHA-funded emergency, early recovery, or resilience food security activities to present their WASH or water resource management work at an upcoming conference in 2025!
This funding opportunity will include registration fees for a participant, international and local travel, visa fees, lodging, printing of materials (if applicable), and in-kind support to help design and develop content. Please note that the presenters’ organization must cover per diem, as per their travel policy, as well as any costs associated with submitting the abstract or hosting a session.
Examples of Conferences
- ELRHA 2025 Research Forum on Bridging Global Health Research and Humanitarian Response in a Climate-Impacted World, 7-9 May 2025, Kenya (Abstract deadline 15 December 2024)
- Emergency Environmental Health Forum,14-16 May 2025, Germany (Abstract deadline 20 January 2025)
- 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector - Empowering a New Generation, Delft, The Netherlands, 25-27 June 2025 (Abstract deadline 03 February 2025)
- International Association of Hydrogeologists 2025 Congress (Abstract deadline 28 Feb 2025)
- Toilet Conference, 25-26 February 2025, The InterContinental Dhaka, Bangladesh (Abstract deadline December 31, 2024)
- Cairo Water Week (Dates and call for abstracts not yet announced)
- International Water Resources Congress, IWRA’s XIX World Water Congress, 1-5 December 2025, Marrakech, Morocco (Call for abstracts not yet announced)
- AfricaSan8 Conference, 12-18 October 2025, Accra, Ghana (Call for abstracts not yet open)
- IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, 8-12 December, 2025, Bangkok, Thailand
- AU Africa Water Investment Summit 2025, South Africa (Dates to be determined)
- OneWaterSummit 2025, South Africa (Dates to be determined)
- UNC Water and Health Conference (Call for abstracts not yet open)
- World Water Week 2025 (Theme: Water for Climate), Stockholm, Sweden, 24–28 August 2025 (Call for abstracts not yet open)
- AfWASA Kampala Uganda, 16-20 February 2025 (Call for abstracts closed)
- Global Health Practitioner Conference 2025 (Dates to be determined)
More conferences will be posted once their dates and calls for abstracts are available, such as the SADC Groundwater Conference. Other places to look for conferences are the IWA Network Event Calendar, AMCOW Event Calendar, and IRC WASH Events Calendar.
Other international conferences are eligible; please contact prowashandscale@savechildren.org and nweber@savechildren.org to discuss.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must have an abstract accepted to an international conference
- Accepted abstract must be related to WASH or WRM undertaken as part of a BHA-funded activity
- Partners can submit multiple applications but up to only one person per accepted abstract will be funded
- Must work with PRO-WASH & SCALE on a blog, webinar, learning brief, or short video after the conference to share key learnings with the WASH, WRM, and food security communities
- Preference will be given to applicants from a country in which BHA implements programming
Funding
PRO-WASH & SCALE will cover the following costs:
- Conference registration fees for a participant (not the full cost of hosting an event if applicable)
- International and local travel
- Visa fees
- Lodging
- Printing of the poster and other printing needs if applicable)
- In-kind support to help design and develop presentations and posters
- Note: the presenters’ organization must cover per diem, as per their travel policy as well as any costs associated with submitting the abstract or hosting a session
If selected, participants must book their own conference fee registration and be reimbursed. They must also take required Save the Children travel trainings.
How to Apply
- Submit your abstract to the conference organizers. Feel free to reach out to PRO-WASH & SCALE at prowashandscale@savechildren.org and nweber@savechildren.org before submission if you would like support or a review.
- If accepted, email PRO-WASH & SCALE (prowashandscale@savechildren.org and nweber@savechildren.org) your abstract and letter of acceptance.
Questions? Email prowashandscale@savechildren.org and nweber@savechildren.org
Abstracts will be reviewed on a rolling basis.