Closed · NEAPS1703 · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary
NEA 2017 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $120K-$120K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 3, 2017
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
NEA 2017 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $120,000 -- $120,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 235 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts.
- $120K-$120K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 45.024
- CFDA program
- 235
- other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts
Archived opportunity record
NEA 2017 Musical Theater Songwriting Challeng… is closed (last close May 3, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 45.024 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Arts still indexes 235 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 3, 2017
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
An organization may submit only one proposal under this program solicitation. This Cooperative Agreement may begin on or after July 1, 2017, and may extend for up to 12 months. Program Description The National Endowment for the Arts’ Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students (the “Songwriting Challenge”) began in 2016 as an opportunity for students in three cities to showcase their songwriting talents and compete for the opportunity to participate in a mentorship and final competition in New York City. Working alone or in collaboration with one other student, contestants are challenged to create the lyrics and music for an original song that could appear in a musical theater show. Now, the 2017-2018 Songwriting Challenge is being expanded to reach any eligible high school student across the United States. Students will compete for the opportunity to be one of six regional1 finalists traveling to New York City for the Finalist Weekend in Spring 2018 to: • Learn more about songwriting and sharpen their songwriting skills; • Engage with professional musicians, singers, songwriters, and producers through an intensive songwriting mentorship; • Experience their original song performed by professional musicians and singers; and • Compete for the title of National Champion.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 9 doors
NEA 2017 Musical Theater Songwriting Challeng… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (9 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +5 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Arts (AR). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Arts book (174 peers, 74% of 236).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizations and Individuals
National Endowment for the Arts
Agency Contact
NEA Web Manager
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What to do next
NEA 2017 Musical Theater Songwriting Challeng… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 45.024 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizatio… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Endowment for the Arts lists 235 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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