Project Grant 2344230
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 project grant under its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant supports research to advance fundamental knowledge and implementation strategies for household-scale greywater recycling and reuse, with the goal of alleviating water scarcity. Key aspects of the project include: Developing metrics,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of South Florida (USF) to develop innovative decentralized wastewater management technologies and strategies for U.S. Pacific islands. The project, titled "Towards Resilient, Equitable, Safe and Sustainable Water for Islands (RESSI-H2O)", assembles a multi-disciplinary team from USF, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa,...
- This $449,919 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop surface-modified membranes for recovering key fertilizer macronutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from wastewater. The goal is to enable efficient recovery of these valuable nutrients, while preventing their release into the environment and reducing reliance on energy-intensive...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Triangle Environmental Health Initiative LLC (Tri-Ehi) aims to develop a selective ion separation and recovery technology for wastewater treatment. The project focuses on optimizing technical design for maximum solute selectivity and concentration, evaluating separation performance with representative wastewaters, and scaling up the system for future...
- 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 $420,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Massachusetts to explore the use of oxygenic photogranules (OPGs) for enhanced nutrient removal from secondary wastewater effluent. The project aims to develop an affordable and energy-efficient technology to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, which can contribute to harmful algal blooms in surface waters. The research will investigate how...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support undergraduate engineering programs in building effective partnerships with local wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The $360,116 project, awarded on August 15, 2025 and set to be completed by July 31, 2027, will study successful WWTP-university partnerships to identify the successes, challenges, and necessary contributions that enable mutually beneficial collaborations. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Oklahoma State University (OSU) on August 15, 2025, to develop an economically viable, socially accepted, and efficient circular resource recovery platform integrated with water reuse from livestock wastes in the Great Plains region. The interdisciplinary research team from OSU, Kansas State University, Seward County Community College, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) project grant award of $566,666 to the Regents of the University of Michigan aims to develop an integrated photocapacitive concentration and electrocatalytic conversion technology for nitrate treatment. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year project include: Advancing the discovery and design of selective photocapacitive systems to capture and concentrate nitrate from contaminated waters. Developing...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $553,407 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to support research titled "Game Theoretic Modeling for Improved Management of Water and Wastewater Resources Using Equilibrium Programming and Feedback Mechanisms." The three-year award, issued on June 1, 2021 under the Engineering (47.041) program, will fund the development of game theoretic models and equilibrium programming approaches to better manage water distribution...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a scalable plan for a circular approach to wastewater management through source separation. The project, titled "Advancing Equitable and Circular Water Solutions Through Source Separation," aims to create a system to capture valuable nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from wastewater for beneficial reuse as fertilizers. Key project components include user-centered design research, policy and regulatory framework development, system design for a source separation demonstration facility, and commercialization and workforce planning. The project involves subawards to the Water Research Foundation for project management support, the University at Buffalo for user-centered design research, and the Rich Earth Institute for technical assistance on the source separation facility design.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $650.0k | 1/4/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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SUBK00020521S | The Water Research Foundation | Project Grant 2344230 | $153.1k | 3/13/24 | |
SUBK00020537S | The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York | Project Grant 2344230 | $120.9k | 3/6/24 | |
SUBK00020522S | Rich Earth Institute, Inc. | Project Grant 2344230 | $69.2k | 2/27/24 |