Deadline: 15-Jan-2025
The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is pleased to announce the start of the grants cycle for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).
The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.
Funding Information
- Floor on amount of Individual Awards: US $10,000 per project
- Ceiling on amount of Individual Awards: US $500,000 per project
Project Activities
- Appropriate project activities may include:
- reassembling a site from its original parts
- addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site
- connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site
- recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition
- listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state
- addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition
- replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings
- reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible implementers include non-governmental organizations, museums, educational institutions, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations, including U.S.-based educational institutions and organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code.
- The AFCP will not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous awards.
Ineligibility Criteria
- AFCP does not support the following activities:
- Preservation or purchase of privately or commercially owned cultural objects, collections, or real property, including those whose transfer from private or commercial to public ownership is envisioned, planned, or in process but not complete at the time of application.
- Preservation of natural heritage (physical, biological, and geological formations, paleontological collections, habitats of threatened species of animals and plants, fossils, etc.) unless the natural heritage has a cultural heritage connection or dimension.
- Preservation of hominid or human remains.
- Preservation of news media (newspapers, newsreels, radio and TV programs, etc.).
- Preservation of published materials available elsewhere (books, periodicals, etc.).
- Development of curricula or educational materials for classroom use.
- Archaeological excavations or exploratory surveys for research purposes.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Malaysia.