Closed · DE-FOA-0003627 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$150M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 8, 2026
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $150,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.
- $1-$150M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 81.089
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on September 8, 2026. Watch CFDA 81.089 (Fossil Energy Research and Development) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $1 -- $150,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 8, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$150,000,000
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Modification 000003: The purpose of this modification is to revise NOFO Part 1. Section I.A.1 is revised to correct the Topic Area 1b cost share to 20% and Section IV.C.2 is revised to delete the Environmental Considerations Summary and Environmental Impact Volume from the Summary of Application Requirements table. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will seek proposals for specific research and development (R&D) projects to improve recovery efficiency from unconventional oil and natural gas reservoirs and to advance technologies for the treatment of flowback and produced water from oil and natural gas production operations. Despite increasing energy for demand, recovery efficiency for oil and natural gas from unconventional reservoirs can average less than 10 percent. This NOFO will enable rapid field deployment of a variety of novel technologies and processes related to improving primary and enhanced recovery with the goal of significantly improving resource recovery and accelerating industry uptake. This NOFO will also support the field testing and validation of water treatment technologies of produced water from oil and natural gas production operations to avoid deep well injection and potential issues with induced seismicity and interaction with underground sources of drinking water.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003627
Grants.gov marks Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Wa… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Energy · Natural Resources (EN;NR). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Energy Technology Laboratory book (410 peers, 77% of 531).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
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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Parent Grant Program
Fossil Energy Research and Development
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Jessica G. Sartor 304-285-0518 jessica.sartor@netl.doe.gov
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What to do next
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Wa… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 81.089 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Fossil Energy Research and Development indexes 3 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Energy Technology Laboratory lists 530 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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