Deadline: 28-Nov-22
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2023 U. S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Program.
The Program aims to preserve historic buildings and monuments, archaeological sites, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts. The AFCP program is supervised by the Cultural Heritage Center (the Center) of the U.S. Department of State.
Program Objectives
The Department of State established the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2000 at the request of Congress. The preservation of cultural heritage offers an opportunity for the United States to show to respect for other cultures. AFCP projects help to preserve cultural heritage, strengthen civil society, encourage good governance, and promote political and economic stability around the world.
Funding Information
- Awards will range from $10,000 to $500,000.
- Funds must be expended within the award period [up to five years] and may not be used to create an endowment or revolving fund.
Funding Areas
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).
Eligibility Criteria
- The AFCP Grants Program is open to the embassies in countries based on their ranking in the 2021/2022 U. N. Human Development Index.
- The following organizations are eligible to apply: Reputable and accountable noncommercial entities that are able to demonstrate they have the requisite 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, for-profit commercial entities, or past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous awards
For more information, visit https://ua.usembassy.gov/education-culture/u-s-ambassadors-fund/