Published: Nov. 7, 2017

AMTA/Reclamation Fellowships for Membrane Technology

Call for Nominations

The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the Bureau of Reclamation are proud to announce a call for nominees for the .

The need to reduce the cost, energy usage and environmental impacts in advanced water treatment and desalination is membrane technology based and therefore a focus should be on innovation of new systems or optimization of existing technology. The need for additional work in innovation is a must to meet the demand for water supplies in the United States, greater so in the arid western states of the country.

The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and Reclamation are partnering and collaborating in providing funding for graduate student fellowships. Reclamation is forming partnerships with private industry, universities, water utilities, and others to address a broad range of desalting and water purification needs. Reclamation is interested in research where the benefits are widespread but where private-sector entities are not able to make the full investment and assume all the risks. Reclamation is also interested in research that has a national significance- where the issues are of large-scale concern and the benefits accrue to a large sector of the public. AMTA is the leading association in the United States in the area of membrane research and membrane technology.

The AMTA/Reclamation Fellowships will consist of competed awards given to graduate students pursuing a full-time Masters or Ph.D. at a University or College in the United States conducting research in innovations for water treatment in membrane related research.

Research must pertain to the advancement of membrane technologies in the water, wastewater, or water reuse industries. Funding is provided by the American Membrane Technology Association and the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

AMTA/Reclamation Fellowships for Membrane Technology

Length of Award:

One-time payment for work in the 2018-2019 academic years

Amount of Award:

$11,750

Number Awarded:

Four (4) Fellowships will be awarded in 2018

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Requirements:

Research must pertain to the advancement of membrane technology in the water, wastewater, or water reuse industries. The research must be consistent with AMTA's vision statement: "Solving water supply and quality issues through the widespread application of membrane technology."

Possible areas of study are:

鈥⑻齅embrane bioreactors (MBRs)

鈥⑻齅embrane fouling/scaling control

鈥⑻齅embrane removal efficiency

鈥⑻齀mproved feedwater recovery

鈥⑻齊educed energy consumption

鈥⑻鼳ssessment of environmental impacts of desalination intake and
听听concentrate management approaches

鈥⑻齀mprovement of pretreatment for membrane desalination

鈥⑻齀mprovement of membrane system performance

鈥⑻鼶evelopment of novel approaches or processes to desalinate
听听water in a way that reduces primary energy use
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This funding will aid in the advancements needed to pursue innovation in membrane technologies and pursue the goals and objectives stated in the White House Initiative on clean water technologies, "Water Resource Challenges and Opportunities for Water Technology Innovation", published December 2015.

A condition of the Fellowship is that awardees will register for and attend the 2019 and give a presentation or poster on their research. The 2019 MTC will be held in New Orleans, LA on Feb. 25 - Mar. 1, 2019. Also required will be a mid-year report due September 2018 and a final report due September 2019.

Application Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2017 by 2:00pm EST

Please click on the following button for the Fellowship application material:
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