Educational Grant Program

Available worldwide, our Educational Grant Program:

Offers financial assistance to academics interested in using CHI software for research and education
Subsidizes attendance to PCSWMM/EPA SWMM training and the International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWMM)
Provides academics with easy, free access to a PCSWMM subscription
Shares curriculum, online training, video tutorials, and other learning resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

License

The CHI grant program provides you with long-term access to PCSWMM for teaching and/or research purposes. Renewable every 12 months through grant renewal program.

Eligibility

You must be a post-secondary undergraduate/graduate student, faculty member, or researcher to apply. A post-secondary email address is required and you must provide evidence of full-time status (e.g., student number) or other proof of affiliation, and the name and email address of your academic program’s Advisor/Director/Chair/Dean.

Support

An educational license does not include direct technical support. Instead, you have access to the PCSWMM Support site, an online resource library that provides you with:

'Getting Started' exercises
'How-To' articles
Video tutorials
Webinars

All software download instructions will be sent to the grant recipient via email. For any questions about licensing or downloads, please email grant@chiwater.com.

Grant Recipient Obligations

As a grant recipient, you agree that PCSWMM is not to be used for commercial purposes. Usage is restricted to post-secondary research/education purposes only.

As a grant recipient, you are requested to:

Provide CHI with a digital copy of research results obtained with PCSWMM (thesis report, conference paper/presentation, journal article)
Include proper citation of PCSWMM in any published paper
Provide CHI with a short progress report when requesting your grant renewal

After concluding your research, we also ask that you submit a report that evaluates your experience with PCSWMM, indicating likes/dislikes and any suggestions for improvement. These user evaluations are vital to future development of the software. View example report.

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

For grant specific inquiries, please contact grant@chiwater.com or call us at 1-519-767-0197, ext 1004.

Grant Application Form

APPLICANT INFORMATION

Provide contact information for the grantee. If you don’t have a student number, you will be asked to provide proof of affiliation to the post-secondary institution. Please use the institution’s mailing address on your application.

Name:

* *

Post-secondary Institution:

Academic Department:

Position:

Address:

City:

Country:

Province/State:

Postal/Zip Code:

Email:

ADVISOR / CHAIR / DEAN / DIRECTOR INFORMATION

Provide contact information for the Advisor/Chair/Dean/Director of your department. Ensure that you inform your Advisor/Chair/Dean/Director as they will be copied on future correspondence and will need to sign the Notice of Award.

Name:

* *

Title:

Personal Academic Webpage:

Email:

GRANT REQUEST

Intended use for PCSWMM:

Please explain your grant request in detail, including the support you are interested in receiving: