Call for problem holders to tackle water scarcity in Southern Europe
Application Deadline: 1 June 2021
EIT Food together with Climate KIC, Digital and Manufacturing KICs, Sustainable Development Unit of Athena RC and Bioazul S.L., are leading a multiannual and multidisciplinary programme designed to alleviate water scarcity in Southern Europe. The main objective of the programme is to ease the transition to a water saving economy across Southern Europe and to contribute, in the long run, to reduce Europe’s water consumption, wastage and pollution.
To this aim, the EIT KICs are looking for 3 problem holders in total, presenting a case study related to at least one of the challenges in the document of the call. Priority will be given to entities located or at least have a production site in the Mediterranean region, specifically in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta or Spain. Applicants can be private companies, associations of companies, cooperatives, or public entities from the food & beverage industry, the agricultural sector and/or the water utilities and large infrastructures willing to find solutions tailored to their specific needs through the provision of a case study.
The application deadline is June 1st 2021.
For more information on the call and applications, visit the program website.