Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2022
Agency: Bureau of Reclamation
Assistance Listings
- 15.506 -- Water Desalination Research and Development
- 15.560 -- SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements
Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The objectives of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) are to develop innovative and disruptive new technologies or processes to:
Reduce the costs, energy requirements, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired and unusable water to standards necessary for an identified beneficial use.
Improve efficiency of water treatment processes—either by improvements to pre-treatment, post-treatment, monitoring, sensors, or other innovative process/technology.
Increase effectiveness of reverse osmosis/nanofiltration concentrate management by reducing cost, energy, and/or environmental impacts....
Treat brackish groundwater in a less energy-intensive way than current processes and technologies.
Address costs, energy usage, and/or environmental impacts of seawater desalination, including intakes and/or outfalls
Improve the detection, characterization, monitoring, separation, or destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other contaminants of concern.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Miscellaneous
- Individuals
- Other
Nonprofit
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Additional information
Federally funded research and development centers
Commercial or industrial organizations
Private entities
Grantor contact information
Description
Christina Munoz
SHA-DRO-FAFOA@usbr.gov
SHA-DRO-FAFOA@usbr.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| P2P_DWPR_NOFO-5.26.2022-final-508.pdf | P2P DWPR NOFO-5.26.2022-final-508.pdf | May 26, 2022 09:22 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Closed: July 12, 2022
Award
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Program Funding
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Expected awards
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Award Minimum
$200,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
R22AS00316
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Natural resources
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
May 26, 2022
Archive date:
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