Session 5: How to get funding in the Americas
How do you find funding for research, money for startups, or clients as a consultant? These answers are often location dependent, so we will have three sessions each with a different geographic focus. This session will focus on finding funding as a researcher, consultant and entrepreneur in the Americas.
CWiW, Agenda for Change, and RWSN are pleased to offer this virtual session as part of our 2025 Water and WASH Career Days. Thanks for support from Global Water Center, Josh’s Water Jobs, Skat Foundation, and World Vision. Be sure to check out other sessions here.
Spanish interpretation will be available for this session. Esta sesión contará con interpretación al español.
Meet the Speakers
Marcello Basani is the Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist at Inter-American Development Bank in Mexico. His work with the bank includes Source of Innovation, a program to support water and sanitation entrepreneurs. With a PhD in Environmental Economics, Marcello has worked throughout the Americas including Ecuador, Guyana, the United States, and Uruguay.
Gwenyth Lee, PhD, is both an Assistant Professor of Global Health, Rutgers Global Health Institute, and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Her international health work primarily based in Ecuador and Peru has a strong WASH component, particularly the disease impact of unreliable water supplies. She has also studied the impacts of waterborne disease on child growth and development.
Marissa Mar is a water communication and education consultant with clients such as Consejo de Cuenca Río Bravo and Comisión Estatal del Agua de Guanajuato. She is member of the National Water Advisory Council and Aquatech Mx and mentor for young water students. Her experience includes ten years of working at the Water Culture and Communications area at CONAGUA (Mexico’s National Water Commission).
