Call for Letters of Inquiry for the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge, Round 3

StephenW

Dear Colleagues:

The Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting
innovators to send letters of inquiry for the  following opportunity:

Reinvent The Toilet Challenge - RTTC (round 3).
For details on how to apply, please visit this
website: http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4414B84:73D2DAFC34B18C02030BF8768BE4B533D67BBDE479481AC1&

We are calling for a new set of innovative ideas to support our effort to reinvent the toilet. Grants will be awarded to exceptional research groups interested in contributing to major advances in human sanitation in the developing world.

Successful applicants will participate in the next phase of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge by designing, prototyping and testing  entirely stand-alone, self-contained, practical sanitation modules which intake bodily wastes or fecal sludge collected from pit latrines and septic tanks and swiftly dispose of them  without any incoming water piping, outgoing sewer piping or electric or gas utility services.  These modules must intake all outputs of the serviced population  – ultimately at single-residence scales (smaller-scale individual family toilet solutions) or group of households (larger-scale neighborhood fecal sludge processor solutions)– with minimal module footprints and assured biosafety. The anticipated capital and operational cost for the final products (commercial units) is expected to be less than $0.05/user/day, both for the family and neighborhood solutions.   The design should anticipate the effects and fate of complementary sanitary products entering the system such as paper, cloth, sand, and other personal hygiene products and chemicals.

Letters of inquiry are being accepted online until Thursday, November 8, 2012 11:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. A full description of the topic and application instructions is available at http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4414B85:73D2DAFC34B18C02030BF8768BE4B533D67BBDE479481AC1&

Please share within your networks as appropriate, and post to your program websites for wider dissemination.

If you have questions regarding this grant opportunity, please email us at [email protected].

We are happy to learn of your interest to engage with us. While we do review all inquiries, due to the large volume of questions we receive, we may be unable to respond to you personally before the close date of the call for proposals.
Thank you for your commitment to solving one the world's greatest health and development challenges.


Thank you for your commitment to solving one the
world's greatest health and development challenges.