§ Federal grant opportunity · DE-FOA-0003627
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies
National Energy Technology Laboratory is accepting applications for Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies. The deadline is September 8, 2026 and the published award range is $1 – $150M.
Key facts
- Funder
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Application deadline
- September 8, 2026
- Award range
- $1 – $150M
- Eligibility
- The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a recipient or subrecipient of this NOFO: • Institutions of higher education (as defined in Title 20 U.S.C. § 1001) • For-profit organizations • Nonprofit organizations • State and local government entities • Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 5304)
- Geography
- United States
- Focus areas
- Energy, Environment
- Opportunity number
- DE-FOA-0003627
Program overview
Modification 000003: The purpose of this modification is to revise NOFO Part 1. Section I.A.1 is revised to correct the Topic Area 1b cost share to 20% and Section IV.C.2 is revised to delete the Environmental Considerations Summary and Environmental Impact Volume from the Summary of Application Requirements table. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will seek proposals for specific research and development (R&D) projects to improve recovery efficiency from unconventional oil and natural gas reservoirs and to advance technologies for the treatment of flowback and produced water from oil and natural gas production operations. Despite increasing energy for demand, recovery efficiency for oil and natural gas from unconventional reservoirs can average less than 10 percent. This NOFO will enable rapid field deployment of a variety of novel technologies and processes related to improving primary and enhanced recovery with the goal of significantly improving resource recovery and accelerating industry uptake. This NOFO will also support the field testing and validation of water treatment technologies of produced water from oil and natural gas production operations to avoid deep well injection and potential issues with induced seismicity and interaction with underground sources of drinking water.
How to apply
- Confirm your organization meets the eligibility criteria above.
- Read the full funding opportunity announcement from National Energy Technology Laboratory.
- Draft your narrative against the funder's stated priorities and review criteria.
- Submit before September 8, 2026, allowing time for registration and validation.
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