AWF mainly supports studies for project preparation (pre or full feasibility, ESIA and RAP studies, scheme design and tender documents, PPP transaction advisory services), construction pilots for transformative and catalytic projects, investment and institutional water governance projects.

The AWF defines a catalytic project as a pilot innovative project that provides solutions to a complex water and sanitation challenge, whose results, technology/innovation, lessons leant/experience is transformative, scalable, replicable to other regions and different contexts.

No. The AWF does not provide funding to individuals, nor for academic studies and participation in international conferences.

Yes, AWF strongly encourages co-financing of projects with other donors and financiers with the scope to be financed clearly defined and project outcomes to be attributed to AWF funding clearly identified.

There is no defined maximum grant, but in the nearly 20 years of its existence, the AWF has given a grant exceeding EUR 5 million only once.

AWF grants typically lie in the range of EUR 200,000 to EUR 2,000,000, with a mean of about EUR 1,000,000.

AWF provides grant funding to projects in the budget range of 50,000 Euro to 5.0 million Euro. However, the amount of funding provided to selected projects is dependent on the resources available in the fund for new commitments and the number of prioritized projects within the annual work plan.

Projects whose preparation can be completed within 2-3 years.

In project selection and prioritization, AWF also considers other factors namely: geographical/regional, and subsector balance, strategic pillars, urban and rural, water and sanitation, national and multi-national/transboundary balance. Special attention and priority are given to applications from fragile/transition countries.

The AWF does not guarantee funding to any applicant. Funding decisions depend on several factors and considerations, some of which are highlighted below :