Deadline: 10-Dec-21
The U.S. Embassy in Lusaka and the Cultural Heritage Center (“the Center”) of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs are pleased to announce the 2022 call for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Competition.
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) supports the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression in more than 100 developing countries around the world. AFCP-supported projects include the restoration of ancient and historic buildings, assessment and conservation of rare manuscripts and museum collections, preservation and protection of important archaeological sites, and the documentation of vanishing traditional craft techniques and indigenous languages.
Funding Information
The Center is implementing several changes to the program during this cycle. This includes combining the small and large grant programs into a single program. Pending availability of funds, awards will range from $10,000 to $500,000. To ease the administrative burden on embassies and potential grantees, the Center is dividing the application process into two rounds and reducing the amount of information required up front.
Project Categories
AFCP supports preservation projects in the following three categories:
- Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site or similar institution:
- This includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections and general museum conservation activities.
- Proposals in this category may involve, for example:
- Conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects;
- Needs assessment of a collection with respect to its condition and strategies for improving its conservation purposes;
- The creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections;
- Specialized training in the care and preservation of collections;
- Cultural Sites:
- This includes (but is not limited to) historical buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites.
- Proposals in this category may involve for example:
- Restoration of an historic building;
- An archaeological survey as a component of a preservation plan;
- Preservation management planning for a site;
- Documentation of sites in a region for preservation purposes;
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression:
- This includes the documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, indigenous languages and dance forms for broad dissemination as the means of teaching and further preserving them, or support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of extinction.
- Proposals in this category may involve for example:
- Documenting and audiovisual recording of traditional music and dance forms as part of a traditional expression and making the information and recordings available;
- Support for training in the preservation of traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction.
Eligibility Criteria
Project proposals will be accepted from among the following:
- Non-governmental organizations
- Museums
- Government Ministries of Culture or similar institutions
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336493