Funding Opportunity: Conference Attendance for WASH/Water Resource Management Related Work

Are you interested in presenting at a conference on WASH / Water Resource Management Related Work and seeking travel funds?

PRO-WASH & SCALE will fund up to two 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 2024!  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, 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  

• UNC Water and Health Conference (deadline May 1, 2024)
• Global Health Practitioner Conference 2024 (deadline May 10, 2024)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists 2024 Congress (abstracts due February 29, 2024) 
• Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security and Climate Adaptation Conference (deadline March 1, 2024) 
• International Water Association 17th International Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and the 9th International Conference on Resource Oriented Sanitation (deadline April 2024)  

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  

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.