You can find all the key materials to support your entry below:
In Water Breakthrough Challenge 5, individual entries to the Catalyst Stream can bid for funding from £150,000 to £2 million.
Entries opened on 9 September at 12 noon (BST) and must be submitted online via Submittable, no later than 6 January 2025 at 12 noon (GMT). If you wish to work on more than one draft on the online entry form during the entry period, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Entries must record a 3-minute pitch – entrants can register for a recording slot no later than 5pm (GMT) on Friday 20 December 2024. Please note that 20 December 2024 will be the final day of pitch recordings. You cannot book and/or record after this date. If none of these pitch recording slots work for you, please get in touch by 16 December to arrange an alternative slot.
Entrants should ensure they have read and understood the following materials, which can be accessed via the Key Materials section on the Catalyst page:
The Entry Drafting Form can be used to help you to develop and collaborate on your answers ahead of completing the online form.
In Water Breakthrough Challenge 5, individual entries to the Transform Stream can bid for funding from £2 to £10 million*.
Stage 1 entries opened on 9 September 2024 at 12 noon (BST) and must be submitted online via Submittable, no later than 30 September 2024 at 12 noon (BST).
This year we have streamlined the Stage 1 entry form for the Transform stream, so the entry period is shorter, and entrants aren’t required to book or record a pitch during this stage. For Breakthrough 5, we will be inviting entrants to the Stage 1 Transform Stream to a live Q&A with assessors after Stage 1 has closed, to discuss their entry.
Entrants should ensure they have read and understood the following materials, which can be accessed via the Key Materials section on the Transform page:
The Entry Drafting Form can be used to help you to develop and collaborate on your answers ahead of completing the online form.
We will open Stage 2 to invited entries at 12 noon (GMT) on 18 November 2024 and will close for entries at 12 noon (GMT) on 13 January 2024. Entries to Stage 2 must register for a pitch recording slot (Zoom call) no later than 5pm (BST) on Friday 20 December 2024.
If you wish to work on more than one draft on the online entry form during the entry period, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
*In exceptional circumstances, where an entry will deliver impact across the water sector in England and Wales, we are open to accepting entries requesting more than £10 million. We ask that this impact be demonstrated by having at least ten water companies in England and Wales as entry partners.
Submitting an entry requesting greater than £10 million is subject to the prior approval of Ofwat. It was necessary to have emailed [email protected] by Monday 16 September to have requested approval to bid for above £10 million.
Successful entries will need to sign a winner’s agreement to receive funding. The winner’s agreement will be based on the standard templated shared above. Please note the template winner’s agreements are provided for information purposes only at this time, and may be subject to changes.
Winning teams must sign the final agreements no later than 5 pm (BST) on 20 May 2025 to be paid by the end of June 2025.
