Closed · NPS-NOIP17AC00949-01 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary
American Solar Challenge: National Trail System 50th Anniversary Celebration- MWRO
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $60K-$136K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 31, 2019
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
American Solar Challenge: National Trail System 50th Anniversary Celebration- MWRO is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $60,000 -- $136,440 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.
- $60K-$136K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.954
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
American Solar Challenge: National Trail Syst… is closed (last close December 31, 2019). 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
Closed December 31, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$136,440
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This Cooperative Agreement P17AC00949 (Agreement) is entered into by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), and Innovators Educational Foundation (IEF) (Recipient). IEF is a non-profit organization that coordinates and conducts multi-state solar-car rallies. These events are designed to challenge collegiate teams to design, build, manage, and run solar cars for long distances. This experience provides the college teams’ real-world experience in engineering, logistics, fundraising, and public affairs. The parks, partners, and communities that the American Solar Challenge (ASC) will drive through will have opportunities to interact with solar technology and consider the history and future of innovation and a pioneering spirit. The Oregon National Historic Trail (ONHT) was chosen for this year’s route. As a long-distance corridor that crosses multiple national parks as well as other federal, state and other jurisdictions, this route provides a great opportunity to tie today’s technology into our country’s history. The ONHT is part of the National Trails System, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. The objectives of this Agreement are to 1) engage visitors in interpretive themes concerning the National Trails System, the ONHT, and American innovation; 2) provide an outstanding educational environment where collegiate participants are challenged to learn about a significant event in our nation’s history; 3) provide an opportunity for youth to help connect the public with the nation’s history; 4) celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails System; 4) bring awareness of both our national trails system and our nation’s history to new audiences; 5) highlight resources of the National Trails System that are administered by the NPS but owned and/or managed by a multitude of public and private partners; and 6) to engage the public with trail resources in a manner that will promote resource understanding and protection.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Community Development
The printed eligibility set for American Solar Challenge: National Trail Syst… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Community Development · Education · Energy · Environment · Science and Technology / R&D (CD;ED;EN;ENV;ST). 2,513 other National Park Service listings share this eligibility-code string (30% of 8,507).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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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What to do next
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