Closed · P17AS00247 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary

Master Cooperative Agreement

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $1
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Master Cooperative Agreement is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered Up to $1 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.

up to $1
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
15.954
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Master Cooperative Agreement is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 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

This listing is no longer accepting applications

Posted May 10 Closed

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The objective(s) of this Agreement is to 1. Improve the capacity of the museum and recreation fields to develop accessible interpretive experiences of historic and cultural significance through innovative methodologies and new processes. 2. Understand the effectiveness of alternative solutions to accessibility barriers to exhibits and other features that interpret things of historic and cultural significance 3. Develop case studies of best practice (both the process and result) that further development of accessible exhibits. Public Purpose of this Agreement â¿¢ Develop and implement best practice examples of accessible exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community, museum and recreation fields at the federal, state, local and private levels. â¿¢ Develop and implement a collaborative process for identifying solutions to accessibility challenges in exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community and museum and recreation fields at the federal, state, local and private levels. â¿¢ Develop and implement methods for prototyping, testing, evaluating and conducting consumer research to guide accessibility solutions for exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community and museum and recreation fields at the federal, state, local and private levels. â¿¢ Inform the disability community and museum and recreation professionals of the best practices, processes, and results through case studies, publications, training, etc. â¿¢ Provide members of the disability community with enhanced experiences at multiple Smithsonian and NPS sites.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · P17AS00247

Grants.gov marks Master Cooperative Agreement with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Park Service book (3,314 peers, 39% of 8,507).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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.

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Agency Contact

JOHN BECHTOLD John_Bechtold@nps.gov

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What to do next

Master Cooperative Agreement is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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