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Project Guidelines
The following resources provide guidance for researchers to execute Water Research Foundation projects.

Foundation Message to Researchers
Webcast for Foundation Researchers (Dec. 6, 2005. 5.36 mg)
This audio/video file of a webcast for our researchers provides an overview of several changes in the Foundation's research program and the reasons behind the changes. It also gives notice of ideas under consideration for the future that may impact researchers and information about the Foundation's new communications and outreach effort to researchers.
Approximate length: 1 hour, 30 minutes. Requires the free Windows Media Player. (Note: a technical issue caused about 45 seconds of silence, 3 minutes into the recording).

Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property (IP) Guidelines for PIs and co-PIs (PDF 23kb)

Branding Foundation Materials
Water Research Foundation External Graphic Standards (PDF, 3.2 mb)

Preparing Periodic Reports
Periodic Report Format and Content (PDF, 50kb)

Preparing Research Reports
Format Style Guide, 6th Edition  (PDF 394kb)
Checklists, Forms, and Guidelines (Appendix B of Format Style Guide - DOC 254kb)
Research Report Template (DOC 51kb)

Electronic media

Software/CD-ROM criteria PDF 41kb
These are criteria used by the Foundation’s research planning volunteers, staff, researchers, and project advisory committees to determine whether software or a CD-ROM should to be created either to replace or to accompany a printed research report. If a project has been approved to produce a CD-ROM product, use this checklist to submit the product.

Website Criteria Feasibility Study Ms Word 95kb
Feasibility Study and criteria used by the Foundation’s research planning volunteers, staff, researchers, and project advisory committees to determine whether a web-based product such as a Web site or Web tool should be created to replace a printed research report.

Supporting Resources
In addition to the above project deliverables, the Foundation offers a collection of supporting findings that complement our research. Foundation project managers select items which offer additional information to projects and topics. The following documents assist researchers in offering these supporting resources to subscribers.

Supporting Resource Guidelines (PDF 72kb)
Researchers are asked to follow these guidelines when creating Foundation presentations, papers, etc. to help make all our supporting resources consistent, easily understood, and legally sound.

Sample Letter to Request Permission to Use Copyrighted Materials for a Supporting Resource (DOC 26kb)
This document provides a template for researchers to request permission for use from another publisher of their material when they have assigned copyright to other entities.

Rapid Response Research Program
Outreach options that applicants may consider in developing the Outreach Plan for a Rapid Response Research Program project, as well as related important considerations.

Guidelines on Project Outreach/Communicating Findings (PDF 53kb)


  • Guidelines for submitting research proposals are located in Proposal Guidelines .
  • Water Research Foundation policies, such as Timeliness, are located in Policies .
  • A sample contract, or project funding agreement and various supplemental contract forms are located in Contracts and Forms .

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