Closed · BOR-DO-20-F014 · CFDA 15.560 · Discretionary
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2020
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Reclamation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $150K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 17, 2020
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2020 is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Reclamation that offered Up to $150,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 870 other opportunities from Bureau of Reclamation.
- up to $150K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 15.560
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Desalination and Water Purification Research… is closed (last close June 17, 2020). The parent program page for CFDA 15.560 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Reclamation still indexes 870 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 17, 2020
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Reclamation is interested in research where the benefits are widespread but where private-sector entities are not able to make the full investment and assume all the risks. Reclamation is also interested in research that has a national significance—where the issues are of large-scale concern and the benefits accrue to a large sector of the public. The goal of the Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program is to address the need to reduce the costs, energy requirements, and environmental impacts of treating impaired and unusable water. DWPR program activities further support multiple Administration initiatives, including the 2018 Presidential Memorandum Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West as well as the 2020 National Water Reuse Action Plan.Eligible projects are pilot-scale technologies or processes that incorporate or are innovative and disruptive technologies involving flow rates above one gallon per minute and that need to be tested using natural water sources rather than synthetic or laboratory-made feed water. These projects are typically used to determine the technical, practical, and/or economic feasibility of a process. Preliminary costs can be developed for capital and operation and maintenance costs. The description of the technology or process should identify the uniqueness and the disruptive nature of the technology or process itself and/or the testing of it.The objectives of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) are to develop innovative and disruptive new technologies or processes:To treat brackish groundwater in a less energy-intensive way than current processes and technologiesManage reverse osmosis/nanofiltration concentrate by reducing cost, energy, and/or environmental impactsImprove efficiency of water treatment processes—either by improvements to pre-treatment, post-treatment, monitoring, sensors, or other innovative process/technologyTo address costs, energy usage, and/or environmental impacts of seawater desalination, including intakes and/or outfallsTo reduce the costs, energy requirements, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired and unusable water to standards necessary for an identified beneficial useSee the Related Documents Tab above for the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement Document
Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors
Desalination and Water Purification Research… prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Only 3 other Bureau of Reclamation listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 871).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 21
- Individuals
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Bureau of Land Management Grants
U.S. Department of the Interior
Agency Contact
Matthew D Reichert Grants Management Specialist Phone 303-445-3865
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What to do next
Desalination and Water Purification Research… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 15.560 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Bureau of Land Management Grants indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
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