Closed · P18AS00615 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary
NOTICE OF INTENT: Augmented Reality Diorama Project
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $40K-$40K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 10, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
NOTICE OF INTENT: Augmented Reality Diorama Project is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $40,000 -- $40,000 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.
- $40K-$40K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.954
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
NOTICE OF INTENT: Augmented Reality Diorama P… is closed (last close September 10, 2018). 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 September 10, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$40,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum dioramas, created in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), are a major attraction for visitors and are well-known and admired for their amazing attention to detail by past generations of visitors. Although they are well loved by the public, there are many details that are historically inaccurate and demeaning to modern day Pueblo people. According to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the dioramas are historic and cannot be physically altered. In spring 2017, Ball State University, through its Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA) approached the park to discuss the possibilities of experimenting with augmented reality technology in the park. Their vision includes adding layers of augmented reality to the existing historic dioramas. The objective of this Agreement is for IDIA to design and create an augmented reality application to enhance the visitor experience, address historic inaccuracies, and provide interpretation of the historic dioramas in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum (Museum). In addition to enhancing the visitor experience in the Museum, IDIA Lab will also create a web presence with text and images to provide greater public access to Museum exhibits and associated cultural sites within Mesa Verde National Park.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · P18AS00615
Grants.gov marks NOTICE OF INTENT: Augmented Reality Diorama P… 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 Natural Resources (NR). 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Todd Wilson Todd_Wilson@nps.gov
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