Limited Submission - DOE/EERE - Energy-Water Desalination Hub (DE‐FOA‐0001905)

 

Purpose:  The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is soliciting proposals for the Energy-Water Desalination Hub. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to establish an Energy Innovation Hub to address water security issues in the United States. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, “desalination” more broadly includes technologies that primarily remove salts. The Hub must be established and operated by a consortium of qualifying entities. An effective application will include multi-disciplinary experts from industry, manufacturers, universities, non-profits, FFRDCs, states, municipalities, and other key stakeholders with expertise in advanced energy technology applicable to the Energy-Water Desalination Hub that have the facility capabilities, and expertise to address the broad set of challenges.

 

Applicants are required to succinctly describe the organizations, key individuals, and their technical roles and responsibilities, including Hub governance and management roles. The Hub is a critical component of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) broader Water Security Grand Challenge which will use a coordinated suite of prizes, competitions, early stage research and development (R&D), and other programs to help address the nation’s water security needs. Specifically, the Hub will:

 

•       Address water security needs for a broad range of stakeholders including utilities, oil and gas production, manufacturing, agriculture, states and municipalities;

•       Focus on early-stage R&D for energy-efficient and low-cost desalination technologies, including manufacturing challenges, for treating non-traditional water sources for beneficial end use applications with the goal of achieving pipe parity;

•       Establish a significant, consistent, and multidisciplinary effort (i.e. using a broad set of engineering and scientific disciplines) to identify challenges and opportunities;

•       Enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the U.S.; and

•       Lead to fundamental new knowledge to drive energy-efficient and low-cost technological innovations to the point that industry will further develop and enable U.S. manufacturing of these new technologies to be deployed into the global marketplace.

 

Note: EERE expects to fund one award.

 

Cost Share: 20 percent non-federal match is required.

 

Funding Amount/Project Period:  Up to $20 million per year for up to five years.

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit:  1

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by January 8, 2019:

 

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum);
• Amount of total budget request, including potential source of matching funds

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline:  Concept Papers:  February 7, 2019   Full Application:  May 7, 2019