Deadline: 21-Dec-22
The U.S. Mission Mozambique announces an open competition for organizations to submit project ideas in the form of Concept Notes for Round 1 of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2023 Grants Program.
Objectives
- AFCP supports the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression in more than 100 developing countries around the world, including Mozambique.
- 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.
- Cultural heritage endures as a reminder of the contributions and historical experiences of humanity.
- By taking a leading role in efforts to preserve cultural heritage, the U.S. shows its respect for other cultures. AFCP gives top priority to project activities in keeping with international standards for the preservation of cultural heritage.
- An appropriate preservation activity is one that protects the values of the site, object or collection, or form of traditional cultural expression 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.
- Awards can range from $10,000 to $500,000.
Funding Areas
- 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. Appropriate project activities may include:
- Anastylosis (reassembling a site from 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 in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition)
- Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state)
- 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 only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
- Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site).
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12 to 60 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 03 awards (dependent on amounts)
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $10,000.00 to a maximum of $500,000.00
- Total available funding: $500,000.00
Priority Region: Mozambique
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Embassy Mozambique defines eligible project implementers as reputable and accountable non-commercial entities that can demonstrate they have the requisite capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage. Eligible implementers may include:
- Non-governmental organizations,
- Not-for Profit Museums,
- Not-For Profit Educational institutions,
- Ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations
- U.S.-based educational institutions, and
- U.S Non-Profit 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.
- Potential implementers must be registered and active in the U.S. government’s System for Award Management (SAM) to receive U.S. federal assistance.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344599