Closed · K-NOFO-21-100 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Air Quality Hackathon

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to India, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$30K-$60K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 30, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Air Quality Hackathon is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $30,000 -- $60,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$30K-$60K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Air Quality Hackathon is closed (last close April 30, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to India still indexes 329 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 April 30, 2021

Posted Mar 2 Closes Apr 30

Est. Total Funding

$60,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Air Quality Hackathon will bring together (20) teams, (3) participants per group from across India to brainstorm for two days and find practical solutions to improve air quality. The solutions will be shared and implemented to the extent possible during a follow-on campaign with school communities and NGO partners. Results of the implementation phase will be shared with the government and civil society partners. A survey to measure the impact of the intervention program will be conducted during the project. Teams with the best results from pre- to post-intervention will be documented and recognized in a final culminating event. Project Objectives: 1. The Air Quality Hackathon will host together (20) teams, (3) participants per team to brainstorm for two days and find practical solutions for improving air quality in the Kolkata region. 2. NGO partners and students representing at least ten school communities will test the impact of the practical solutions within the larger community within six months after the hackathon concludes. 3. Participating high schools will be encouraged to offer credit to participating students (as they have done in the past) for the co-curricular activities taken on by the students. Results will be made public and presented to policy makers and government and civil society leaders within 12 months of the hackathon. Successful solutions might then be implemented on a larger scale

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Air Quality Hackathon bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to India book (241 peers, 73% of 330).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager ,U.S. Consulate Kolkata

What to do next

Air Quality Hackathon is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to India lists 329 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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