How much funding does Water Challenge provide?

Water Challenge provides $50,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Water Challenge?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Water Challenge

THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION

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Funding Amount

$50,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Water Challenge

Overview: An annual competition launched by the Greater New Orleans Foundation in partnership with The Idea Village to discover and support innovative entrepreneurial solutions to how we live and work with water.

Geographic Scope: New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding region

Focus Areas:

Innovative water management solutions

Coastal erosion prevention and reversal

Water technology and innovation

Wetlands preservation

Sustainable water practices

Award: Winner receives $50,000 to help bring the product to market

Process:

Competition features finalists presenting business pitches

All finalists receive six months of entrepreneurial training from The Idea Village

Water Challenge Day held during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week

Described as "a national model for encouraging entrepreneurial innovation in integrated water management"

Background: The award-winning program recognizes that integrated water management is vital to New Orleans' future. Recent winners have included innovations in coastal restoration, oyster traceability, erosion management, and neighborhood water monitoring.