Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009814

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,994 supports the development of an innovative, membrane-free, and chemical-free desalination technology based on ion concentration polarization. The goal is to create a scalable system that can effectively transition from a bench-scale production capacity of 10 liters per hour to a larger-scale capacity of 1,000 liters per hour. This advancement aims to make desalination more...

This $649,989 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a portable, membrane-free water purification and monitoring system by Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The overarching goal is to create a fit-for-purpose solution to address water insecurity in regions with limited infrastructure and frequent water quality issues due to climate change or natural...

This $249,998 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant funds the development of an advanced biotechnology to treat toxic wastewater produced in the biofuel industry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from March 2023 to February 2025. The university aims to demonstrate a pilot-scale bioprocess using a special type of marine microorganism shown in prior bench-scale studies to reduce or remove toxins in wastewater from biofuel...

This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...

The National Science Foundation awarded Wavr Technologies, Inc. $305,000 on October 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a modular, energy-efficient atmospheric water harvesting system. The project runs through September 30, 2027, with performance at Wavr Technologies' Las Vegas, Nevada facility. As a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I award, the work focuses on designing a novel liquid-desiccant architecture that simultaneously...

The New Jersey Institute of Technology received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop a vacuum distillation technology for extracting condensable liquids from wastewater. Under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), NJIT will conduct an I-Corps project to further the core innovation of using spray flash vaporization with active-vacuum extraction. This membrane-free process could allow for an intensified vaporization in a...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of passive solar desalination technology for produced water from oil and gas extraction sites. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will modify existing solar evaporation ponds using hierarchical nanstructured hydrogel materials to increase evaporation rates and superhydrophobic coatings to enhance water droplet departure on glass...

The National Science Foundation awarded Water Illumination Inc. a cooperative agreement totaling $1,239,973 on August 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to design, optimize, and validate a next-generation deep ultraviolet photochemical reactor for destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water without requiring additional chemicals or producing harmful byproducts. The award funds four core technical objectives: designing a DUV...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under its Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program (CFDA 15.506), awarded a $610,056 Cooperative Agreement to Pacifica Water Solutions LLC on Sep 21, 2023. The project aims to conduct extended field testing of innovative electrically conducting desalination membranes against commercial membranes over two consecutive 3-month trials. The testing will demonstrate the performance of this technology in two applications:...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,849 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to First Water Technology Co. on February 15, 2023. The grant will fund research and development of a compact, low-maintenance drinking water treatment plant through January 31, 2024. Specifically, the company will develop an automated control system for precise coagulant dosing, modify the design to minimize waste streams, and construct a pilot plant with...