
Solutions · University
Collaborative HE and EU calls with the consortium on the page.
Horizon topics, Research Ireland and agency programmes modelled for the lead and partners — structure imported from the guide, budgets from the call rates.
Horizon Europe Cluster 6: Water resilience open topic
Innovation Action (two-stage) for innovative solutions supporting the European Water Resilience Strategy. Related 2027 rural topic: strengthening rural communities' resilience (single stage, closes 23 Sep 2027).
- Request modelled
- €650k
- Deadline
- 8 Apr 2027
- Partners
- 3/4
Consortium
UCC — lead
Coordinator
Teagasc
Research partner
Tideline Water Ltd
Industry
Wageningen UR
EU partner
Consortium partners visible
Guideline structure imported
Budgets from call rates
Eligibility before drafting
Rules for the lead and the partners
Entity type, country and role conditions as met, gap or hard fail — so the research office knows who still needs to join.
- Partner readiness on the shortlist
- Hard fails before you assemble a draft
- Citations from the call text
National Energy RD&D Funding
SEAI
Registered in Ireland
Tideline Water Ltd is registered in Ireland.
Technology readiness level 4–7
Profile TRL is 6.
Can co-fund the non-grant share
Co-funding confirmed on the profile.
- Close gap
Independent energy baselineD6
Commission a third-party baseline before claiming energy savings.
Innovate UK Smart Grants requires a UK registered organisation. That is a hard condition a document will not fix, so the call drops off your shortlist.
Source: SEAI, National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Funding Programme
Sections from the funder's guide
Import the structure, then fill excellence, impact and implementation from the library — with citations, not a silent rewrite.
- Word and page limits on each section
- Library blocks reused across proposals
- Readiness before internal review
- Sections
- Excellence: the innovation
- Problem and market opportunity
- Impact
- Implementation
- Team
- Risks
Impact
In a six-month pilot with a north Clare scheme, unaccounted-for water fell by 23%, with 41 leaks located and 34 repaired. EIC-G.12 Scaling to 120 rural schemes would save an estimated 1.8 million m³ per year. SEAI-3.4
The pathway is staged: LEO feasibility complete, Enterprise Ireland R&D next, then EIC for EU scale-up.
A budget that follows the call rates
Funding rate, overheads and subcontracting caps applied to the work plan — edit every line and export when research finance is ready.
- Categories from the programme
- Totals against eligible costs
- Export-ready structure
Budget lines
18 months · Innovation Partnership ProgrammeExcelTotal cost
€224,983
Grant @80%
€179,986
Your share
€44,997