Welcome to the Bureau of Reclamation's Science and Technology Program

The Science and Technology (S&T) Program is the primary Research and Development (R&D) arm of Reclamation. For an overview of our program, please download our PDF brochure (1.4 M).

The S&T Program is a Reclamation-wide competitive, merit-based applied R&D program that is focused on innovative solutions for Reclamation water and facility managers, and our western water stakeholders. The program has contributed many of the tools and capabilities in use today by Reclamation and western water managers.

Reclamation employees are the principal investigators eligible to submit R&D proposals and receive proposal awards. Effective partnerships are a primary R&D proposal award consideration. We emphasize efficiency and effectiveness through collaborative R&D with stakeholders, universities, non-profit organizations, the private sector, and other local, state, and federal agencies with water and water-related roles and capabilities. Collaboratively developed solutions meet the greatest number of needs at the least cost to all partnership members, and in the least amount of time than any partner can do on their own. Collaborative R&D projects achieve cost-share from R&D project partners through in-kind services and/or direct funding contributions.

Announcements:

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New First Science and Technology Program Water and Power Solution Bulletins are here.

New View our FY 2008 Portfolio of Research Projects in the Science and Technology Program.

See our latest highlights:

Reclamation team uses laser technology to protect rock art in Kansas
Reclamation and partners find ways to clean agricultural drains more effectively
Evaluating climate change impacts with CalSim and HydroGeoSphere
Reclamation and the Arizona State University improve short- and long- term drought forecasting within the Colorado River Basin (CRB)
Reclamation compares mammal communities within native- and nonnative-dominated riparian vegetation
Reclamation monitors green sturgeon
Reclamation examines potential threats to the endangered humpback chub at Glen Canyon Dam
Reclamation improves model accuracy for the San Joaquin River Basin
Reclamation determines the best way to revegetate the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge burn
Reclamation investigates a promising new algaecideReclamation and partners develop automatic irrigation controls to improve water use efficiency
Submerged flume measurement

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