SBIR/STTR Research Award
Functional Engineering of a Photosynthetic Desalination Pump Circuit
Award amount
$249,733Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- ARPA-E
- Recipient company
- Phytodetectors, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-05-01
- Contract end date
- 2021-04-30
- UEI
- M38YJV9776B5
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0001954
- Topic code
- G
Research abstract
Phytodetectors will design and engineer a synthetic biological pump circuit to increase the volume of water produced via photosynthetic desalination. This project builds off previous technology designed by Phytodetectors: a mangrove-inspired ultra-filter that allows plants to purify salt water as well as secrete water with properties comparable to bottled water. The partnership seeks to demonstrate the commercial viability of photosynthetic desalination.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2021). Reported award amounts total $321,093. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Energy