The HYDROUSA biomimicry technology of solar desalination developed by PLANET has won a $90,000 grant by the Middle East Desalination Research Centre of Oman to further develop the technology in the Middle East Context.
The funds are part of MEDRC’s 5-year strategic program launched in 2017 with a goal of driving innovation in small-scale desalination. The program, known as the Desalination Challenge has two tracks of funding – pathway research grants supported by USAID and a $700,000 global challenge prize known as the Oman Humanitarian Desalination Challenge, led by MEDRC and Oman’s Research Council (TRC) and funded through the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science.
