Closed · NEAPS2201 · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary
NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $160K-$160K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 28, 2022
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $160,000 -- $160,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 235 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts.
- $160K-$160K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 45.024
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for… is closed (last close July 28, 2022). 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 July 28, 2022
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The NEA’s Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students (the “Songwriting Challenge”) provides an opportunity for high school students to create the lyrics and music for an original musical theater song of their own, and participate in mentorship activities with professionals in the field. The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (“Cooperator”) to coordinate and administer the 2023 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students in conjunction with the NEA.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 9 doors
NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for… 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 webmgr@arts.gov
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What to do next
NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for… 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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