Closed · R22AS00316 · CFDA 15.506;15.560 · Discretionary
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2022
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Reclamation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $200K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 12, 2022
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2022 is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Reclamation that offered Up to $200,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 870 other opportunities from Bureau of Reclamation.
- up to $200K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.506;15.560
- CFDA program
- 870
- other opportunities from Bureau of Reclamation
Archived opportunity record
Desalination and Water Purification Research… is closed (last close July 12, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 July 12, 2022
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
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.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 7 doors
Desalination and Water Purification Research… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (7 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); +3 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). Inside Bureau of Reclamation's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
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Agency Contact
Christina Munoz SHA-DRO-FAFOA@usbr.gov
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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.
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