Opportunity Information: Apply for K NOFO 21 100
The Air Quality Hackathon is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to India, focused on generating practical, community-tested ideas to improve air quality, with an emphasis on the Kolkata region. The core activity is a two-day hackathon that convenes 20 teams of three participants each, drawn from across India, to brainstorm and design workable interventions rather than purely theoretical concepts. What makes the program distinctive is that it does not stop at idea generation; it is built around a follow-on implementation campaign that attempts to put the best solutions into practice with real community partners and then measure what changed.
After the hackathon, selected solutions are intended to be shared and implemented as much as feasible through partnerships with school communities and NGOs. Students and NGO partners representing at least ten school communities are expected to test these interventions within six months of the hackathon’s conclusion, expanding the effort beyond the event itself and into neighborhoods and local institutions. The program also incorporates an evaluation component: a survey is planned to assess the impact of the intervention program, with teams judged in part by the measurable difference between pre-intervention and post-intervention results. The teams demonstrating the strongest improvements are to be documented and recognized at a final culminating event, which helps spread promising approaches and encourages replication.
A key objective is public sharing and policy engagement. Within 12 months of the hackathon, the results are meant to be made public and presented to policymakers as well as government and civil society leaders, creating a bridge between youth-led or community-led innovation and decision-makers who can scale effective ideas. Participating high schools are encouraged to provide academic credit to student participants for their co-curricular work, reinforcing sustained student involvement and making the community implementation phase more realistic in terms of time and commitment. If some interventions prove successful, the opportunity anticipates that they could be adopted more broadly, beyond the initial school communities.
In terms of grant specifics, the funding opportunity title is "Air Quality Hackathon" (Funding Opportunity Number: K NOFO 21 100). It is offered as a grant under the Environment funding activity category (CFDA: 19.040). The award ceiling is USD 60,000, with one award expected. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions under that category). The opportunity was created on March 2, 2021, with an original closing date of April 30, 2021. Overall, the grant supports a structured pipeline from ideation to pilot testing to public reporting, aiming to produce interventions that can show measurable air-quality-related outcomes and inform larger-scale action.Apply for K NOFO 21 100
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to India in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Air Quality Hackathon" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 02, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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