This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $124,935.84, was provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award supports research and development efforts at North Carolina State University to validate scalable technologies for the destruction of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) formulations containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $147,893 Cooperative Agreement to the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The funding supports the "Validation of Scalable Technologies for Destruction of AFFF Formulations Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)" project. This three-year research initiative aims to develop and validate scalable methods for...
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $229,405.32 cooperative agreement to Wayne State University under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to develop a low cost device for on-site detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The goal of the project is to support the Department of Defense's mission through contributing technology for environmental...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $103,000.00, provided by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports fundamental research by Trustees of Boston University to discover PFAS-free coatings by exploring a modular polymer chemistry with a self-driving lab. The research aims to expand scientific knowledge and generate innovative capabilities in chemical and materials...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $483,623.40 and funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Desalination Research and Development Program (CFDA 15.506), aims to optimize the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water and wastewater through enhanced coagulation and flocculation processes. The project, led by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), will investigate the use of hydrophobic ion-pairing as a...
The Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works totals $284,466 to evaluate the influence of water level on wave attenuation of natural and nature-based features in low- to high-energy environments. Funded under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), the award will support applied research at the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey from April 2022 to April 2025. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center provides $100,000 to Mississippi State University to support research understanding adverse effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on nontarget species. The award is made under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to support basic, applied, or advanced research with good long-term potential to contribute to...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,226,724.00, was awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense on March 31, 2025 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant supports research to develop a novel technology for the implosion of ultrasound-generated nanobubbles to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contaminated water. This...
This $4,199,970 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), supports research and development of strategies and technologies to enhance the nation's water resiliency. The prime awardee, Marquette University, will lead efforts to evaluate the performance of catalysts in improving chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal during ozonation of municipal wastewater for water reuse...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (CFDA 12.630) program, provides $259,825.79 to Wayne State University to develop a low-cost device for on-site detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The award period runs from September 13, 2023, to September 12, 2024. Wayne State University, a public research university located...