The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program, works with Reclamation researchers and partners to develop innovative, cost-effective, and technologically efficient ways to desalinate or treat water.
Donor Name: Bureau of Reclamation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $800,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The DWPR Program 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. Investing in such technologies leads to development of climate-resilient, cost-effective, and low-impact solutions that bolster the ability of Reclamation, its customers, and stakeholders to cope with the stresses of climate change.
DWPR funding plays a critical role in iterating an idea from the lab to a real-world demonstration, which yields products that serve the water treatment community and attract commercialization interest. Through DWPR, research sponsors partner with Reclamation to address a broad range of desalting and water purification needs. Reclamation is interested in research where the benefits are widespread and 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.
Funding Information
- Funding Group I – Laboratory-Scale Projects are typically bench-scale studies involving small flow rates (less than 2 gallons per minute). They are used to determine the viability of a novel process, new materials, or process modifications. Research at this stage often involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty. Up to $250,000 in Federal funds per award will be available under this funding group for projects that can be completed within 2 years.
- Funding Group II – Pilot-Scale Projects test a novel process at a sufficiently large scale to determine the practicality of implementing the technology at a larger scale. Pilotscale studies are used to generate data that can be used to estimate the operational requirements (e.g., labor, chemical addition, power requirements) of the process and show performance with respect to finished water quality goals. Pilot-scale projects are generally preceded by laboratory studies (funded previously by the DWPR Program or others) that demonstrate that the technology works. Up to $800,000 in Federal funds per award will be available under this funding group for projects that can be completed within 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants eligible to receive an award to fund activities include:
- Individuals
- Institutions of higher education
- Commercial or industrial organizations
- Private entities
- State and local governmental entities
- Federally funded research and development center
- Tribal Governments and organizations
- Non-profit organizations.
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
