Research Proposals
| We are looking for a few good proposals for FY2010 research! If you have a well-reasoned potential water resources solution, please contact us to find a Reclamation research contact to partner with us. |
The Science and Technology Program evaluates and funds research proposals to determine which research would best address Reclamation's water management challenges.
What do we research?
Research areas: (infrastructure, water delivery, decision support, and water supply).
Search our research proposal database (PropC) for current research.
What are we doing?
Pulling your hair out trying to find a solution? We may have the answer to your water and power issues! Find out about our:
- Current and past research (what are we doing this year)
What are we looking for?
- Evaluation process: See how we evaluate the proposals and what criteria we use
Who can submit a proposal?
- Our Science and Technology Program funds intramural R&D. Any Reclamation employee is eligible to submit a proposal. However, we emphasize collaboration with others to achieve our R&D agenda.
How can I collaborate with Reclamation-sponsored research?
We welcome opportunities to work in partnership with other government agencies, universities, the private sector, other research organizations, and our stakeholders that have the same common passion of finding and using innovative solutions for our stakeholders that will make a difference for water in the west. Partnering brings efficiency and effectiveness of the research investment to best meet stakeholder and taxpayer values. The Technology Transfer Act of 1986 encourages and enables us to work in partnership with others to expedite the production, commercialization, and use of federal research results. Our research is focused on the needs of our stakeholders which are Reclamation water and facility managers and the external water users and water managers served by Reclamation project waters. If you are not a Reclamation employee and are interested in collaborating with us on our mission-focused research, contact the Focus Area Lead associated with the R&D Focus Area of your choice.
We are looking for collaborators that can bring unique capabilities and expertise, in-kind services, facilities, or funding resources to partnered projects. Partnering with Reclamation sponsored research provides our collaborators access to the largest water resource end-user organization in the country and to our unique expertise and capabilities.
We concentrate on practical solutions and tools that our stakeholders value and use. We bring together our well experienced engineers, scientists, and field-based resource managers to develop on-the-ground solutions to western water resource issues. We rely heavily on the contributions of others, and on the basic research performed by other water resource organizations as an ingredient in our applied research mission's success. As such, we are an effective portal to basic research organizations, the private sector and others that are looking for end-user value and use of your capabilities.
How to propose a research project:
- Call for proposals: Read the FY 2009 call memo for proposals (PDF)
- Submit a proposal: Use our password protected PropC system to submit your proposal. Contact Siegie Potthoff at 303-445-2136 to establish an account.
- See the information we need in a sample proposal form (PDF)
- PropC help: follow the guidelines and instructions to propose a research project.
- Find out about the benefits of our PropC system