Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot
Posted by Bureau of Reclamation
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot — is cataloged under number R21AS00424 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.560, posted by Bureau of Reclamation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on April 15, 2021 and last updated on May 25, 2021. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $200,000. The agency has projected $2.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on June 3, 2021. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
Up to $200,000
Close Date
June 3, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time
Posted
April 15, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$2,000,000
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 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 related initiatives related to the Water Subcabinet such as the Water Reuse Action Plan and Water Security Grand Challenge. The program also aligns with Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad,” by investing in development and application of advanced water treatment technologies that expand access to otherwise unusable water resources, thereby increasing water supply flexibility under the risks of long-term climate change and shorter-term drought.The objectives of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) are to develop innovative and disruptive new technologies or process to:Reduce the costs, energy requirements, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired and unusable water to standards necessary for an identified beneficial uses.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.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.Applications can only be submitted by Mail, Express Delivery, Courier Services, or directly through Grants.gov using their workspace and submitted by individuals that are registered and active in SAM as both a user and an Authorized Organizational Representative.Questions regarding applicant and project eligibility and application review may be submitted to dwpr@usbr.gov
Eligibility
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Parent Grant Program
Bureau of Land Management Grants
U.S. Department of the Interior
Agency Contact
Edmund Weakland <br/>sha-dro-fafoa@usbr.gov
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