Gates Foundation announces new round of grants for on-site sanitation

The Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting innovators to send letters of inquiry for round 3 of the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge.

Successful applicants will receive grants to design, prototype and test on-site, self-contained sanitation modules for individual families or neighbourhoods. Self-contained means no connections to piped water, sewerage or energy (electricity/gas) utility services. with Capital and operational costs should not exceed US$ 0.05/user/day. Designs should be able to deal with sanitary products like paper, cloth, sand, and other personal hygiene products and chemicals.

There is a two-step application process:

1. submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) in the form of a 5 page concept note by 8 November 2012, 11:00pm PST
2. eligible applicants will be requested to submit a full proposal

Full call, submission guidelines and online application

- Apply before:

Thursday 08 November 2012 

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How to Apply

This RFP will use a mandatory two-step application process. The first step requires the submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) in the form of a 5 page concept note, detailed in the RFLOI Overview and Guidelines. After evaluation of all LOIs received, the foundation will contact those applicants who are eligible and have projects of further interest to complete step two—the submission of a full proposal. If invited to submit a full proposal, instructions on the preparation of the proposal will be provided at the time of invitation.

 

Note: In order to ensure a timely review, we require that all letters of inquiry be submitted in English.

 

Click here to Apply for this LOI

 

More Information

• Detailed information about the objectives, scope, eligibility criteria, and application process is provided in the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge Round 3 Rules and Guidelines: RFLOI Overview and Guidelines (PDF)
• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
• For more information, you may email us as: GDWSHInbox@gatesfoundation.org