Deadline: 03-Jan-2025
The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the fiscal year notice of funding opportunity for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program (AFCP).
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (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.
Goals
- The fund was established to help countries preserve their cultural heritage. For Cambodia, it is aimed at preserving major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, major museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression that have historical or cultural significance and are accessible to the public and protected by Cambodian law.
- The projects selected to receive funding through the AFCP Grants Program will advance U.S. diplomatic goals and demonstrate the depth of U.S. respect for the cultural heritage of Cambodia. Proposal shall advance U.S foreign policy objectives and demonstrates U.S. leadership in the preservation and protection of cultural heritage around the world.
Funding Information
- Floor on amount of Individual Awards: US $25,000 per project
- Ceiling on amount of Individual Awards: US $500,000 per project
Funding Priorities
- In FY 2025, the Embassy will prioritize projects that do one or more of the following:
- Directly support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations.
- Directly support U.S. policies, strategies, and objectives as stated in the National Security Strategy, Integrated Country Strategy, or other U.S. government planning documents.
- Directly support Cambodia or community goals beyond preserving cultural heritage.
- Support risk reduction and resilience for cultural heritage in disaster-prone or politically unstable and economically disadvantaged
- Support post-disaster cultural heritage recovery.
- Complement other Embassy’s public diplomacy
Project Activities
- Appropriate project activities may include:
- Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts.
- Conservation: Addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site.
- Consolidation: Connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site.
- Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format.
- Inventory: Listing objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristics.
- Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.
- Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.
- Stabilization: Reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Embassy defines eligible project implementers as reputable and accountable non-commercial entities that demonstrate they have the capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
- Eligible implementers may 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:
- Privately or Commercially Owned Property: 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.
- Natural Heritage: 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.
- Human Remains: Preservation of hominid or human remains.
- News Media: Preservation of news media (newspapers, newsreels, radio and TV programs, etc.).
- Published Materials: Preservation of published materials available elsewhere (books, periodicals, etc.).
- Mandated Educational Materials: Development of curricula or educational materials for required classroom use.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Cambodia.