Deadline: 15 December 2016
The U.S. Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam is accepting applications from Vietnamese non‐commercial entities for its Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Large Grants 2017 Competition with an aim to preserve cultural heritage in Vietnam.
The program seeks activities that may include:
- preventive conservation (addressing conditions that damage or threaten the site)
- stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance [settling, collapse, etc.] of a site)
- conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to a collection or sites)
- consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of a site)
- anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts)
- restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of a site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
Funding Information
Proposals can be submitted for $200,000 or more.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants may be made to Vietnamese non‐commercial entities, such as non‐governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage. AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients which have not fulfilled the reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
- The AFCP Large Grants Program supports the preservation of major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections that are accessible to the public and protected by law in the host country.
- The AFCP Large Grants Program gives top priority to project activities that are appropriate and in keeping with international cultural heritage preservation standards. An appropriate preservation activity is one that protects the values of the site as they are understood by stakeholders. Stakeholders may include national, regional, or local cultural authorities; the local community; and others with vested interests in the site and the outcome of a project.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must fill the application form and send it via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Vietnam
For more information, please download the pdf AFCP Large Grants 2017.