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Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects FY25

Award ceiling
up to $800,000
Closes
Nov 13, 2024
Last verified
2026-09-21

Awards up to $800,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, individuals, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, closing Nov 13, 2024.

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City or township governmentsCounty governmentsFor profit organizations other than small businessesIndividualsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationSmall businessesSpecial district governmentsState governmentsScience, Technology, Research & Development

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Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects FY25 awards up to $800,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, individuals, native american tribal governments (federally recognized),…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$2,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$800,000
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Nov 13, 2024
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Sep 11, 2024
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Individuals · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
water treatment related research · reduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired water · improve existing membrane technologies · basic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologies · develop cost-effective approaches for concentrate management · develop technologies or processes for selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminants · study methods for recovery of byproducts from desalination · develop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilities · study pathogen removal efficiencies and performance variability in reuse scenarios · identify indicators and surrogates to monitor process performance · develop understanding of formation of hazardous transformation products during water treatment · improve detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances · develop new technologies for destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$2,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$800,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
+3more, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
use
basic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologies, develop cost-effective approaches for concentrate management, develop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilities, develop new technologies for destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, develop technologies or processes for selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminants, develop understanding of formation of hazardous transformation products during water treatment, identify indicators and surrogates to monitor process performance, improve detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, improve existing membrane technologies, reduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired water
+3more, study methods for recovery of byproducts from desalination, study pathogen removal efficiencies and performance variability in reuse scenarios, water treatment related research
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Not confirmed

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Nov 13, 2024ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

13 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
water treatment related researchreduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired waterimprove existing membrane technologiesbasic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologiesdevelop cost-effective approaches for concentrate managementdevelop technologies or processes for selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminantsstudy methods for recovery of byproducts from desalinationdevelop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilitiesstudy pathogen removal efficiencies and performance variability in reuse scenariosidentify indicators and surrogates to monitor process performancedevelop understanding of formation of hazardous transformation products during water treatmentimprove detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesdevelop new technologies for destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

What comparable notices state

104 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 104 of 341 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$600,000
  • Median$1,980,000
  • 75th percentile$7,125,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $800,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$2,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Nov 13, 2024.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
water treatment related research, reduce the cost, energy consumption, feasibility, and/or environmental impacts of treating impaired water, improve existing membrane technologies, basic and applied research on next-generation desalination technologies, develop cost-effective approaches for concentrate management, develop technologies or processes for selective removal of nutrients and other target contaminants, study methods for recovery of byproducts from desalination, develop improved intake/outfall methods at coastal facilities, study pathogen removal efficiencies and performance variability in reuse scenarios, identify indicators and surrogates to monitor process performance, develop understanding of formation of hazardous transformation products during water treatment, improve detection, characterization, monitoring, and separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, develop new technologies for destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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First seen2026-09-21

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