Deadline: 29-Dec-2024
The U.S. Embassy in Amman, with the Cultural Heritage Center in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce the start of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program.
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) helps protect historic buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections, and traditional cultural expressions like indigenous languages and crafts around the world.
Funding Information
- Awards may range from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $500,000
Duration
- Length of performance period: 12 to 60 months
Participants and Audiences
- Local communities, government agencies, educational institutions, tourists, and others interested in cultural heritage and preservation.
Funding Priorities
- In FY 2025, ECA 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 host country or community goals beyond preserving cultural heritage.
- Support risk reduction and resilience for cultural heritage in disaster-prone or politically unstable and economically disadvantaged areas.
- Support post-disaster cultural heritage recovery.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only these types or organizations may apply:
- Foreign Institutions of Higher Education
- Foreign-Based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Foreign Public Entities (where permitted)
- Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions
- U.S. Institutions of Higher Education
- U.S. Non-Profit Organizations (IRS section 501(c)(3))
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.).
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Jordan.