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Impact Innovation: Transition labs within Water Wise Societies 2025 for Sustainable Water for All

Planned for APR 2025

Now we are driving Sweden´s transition towards the mission Sustainable Water for All 2050! Our mission is divided into three sub-goals that are concretised in ten assignments that will mobilise actors to make the transition together. To read more about the ten assignments, see https://waterwisesocieties.se/delmal/. Therefore, in this call for proposals, Water Wise Societies will finance actors from different sectors, industries and organisations that in collaboration: a) Explore, test and scale up new ideas and solutions that contribute to sustainable water for all, and b) Develop into an established transition lab for a geographical or thematic challenge linked to sustainable water for all. Applications should be based on, and contribute to, one or more of Water Wise Societies´s ten assignments. By working in a lab, we build a common context to create the best possible conditions to contribute to groundbreaking social change. In an established lab, actors explore, test and scale new ideas and solutions that together can contribute to transformation. The lab is run and coordinated by need-owners in collaboration with other actors. Continued funding will be available to further develop the transformation lab and carry out additional activities. The offer is part of the Water Wise Societies program, which is part of Impact Innovation, a joint effort by the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas and Vinnova.

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The offer in brief

What can you apply for?

To collaboratively explore, test and scale solutions that contribute to one or more of Water Wise Societies´s assignments, and to develop into an established transformation lab that can continue to thrive.

Who can apply?

Actors in the "spring to coast" system, for example from the public sector, business, research organisations, institutes and civil society. The actor group must include at least three parties, of which at least one is a need-owner.

How much can you apply for?

You can apply for a maximum of 36 months in this call for proposals, and receive a maximum of SEK 13,500,000 in funding with up to 75% aid intensity. The total budget is SEK 80 million.

Important dates

  • APR 2025
  • Information about the offer coming soon

    As soon as this offer opens for the application, we will publish complete information. We will describe, for example, what you can apply for, how much you can apply for and what we assess your application for.

    How to apply

    To apply for funding from us, you need to fill in a longer application, which we then assess in competition with others. If we decide to finance your project, you need to report to us how the project is going, so that we can see that you carry out the project as you described in the application.

    How to apply for and receive funding from us

    Any questions?

    If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Nina Widmark

    Utlysningsansvarig Vinnova

    +46 8 473 30 52

    Programkontoret Water Wise Societies: Magnus Arnell

    Frågor om utlysningens bakgrund, syfte och önskade effekter

    +10-516 63 33

    Reference number 2025-00593