Deadline: 3 June 2019
The Cultural Heritage Center of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/P/C) is seeking proposal submissions from U.S. public and private nonprofit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) for a Cooperative Agreement to assist in the design and implementation of the 2019 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Conservation Professionals Program.
This program shall consist of a maximum of four two-way exchange programs centered on clearly defined architectural or objects conservation projects of relevance to the participants and their home institutions or organizations. Each program shall involve an equal number of American and foreign conservation professionals and last for a maximum of eight weeks.
The overarching goal of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Conservation Professionals program is to strengthen existing professional and institutional relationships in architectural or objects conservation and to provide participants with new technical knowledge and skills that they may apply in their work at their home institutions or organizations. Program development and planning, carried out in cooperation with ECA/P/C, should begin in fall 2019 with implementation of the program in winter 2019 and the first exchange program no later than spring 2020.
Goals
The overarching goals for this pilot program are:
- To advance the technical knowledge and skills of American conservation professionals and their foreign counterparts.
- To expand existing relationships between U.S. and foreign conservation professionals and their home or sponsoring institutions or organizations.
- To strengthen bilateral cooperation on architectural and objects conservation projects of mutual benefit to the U.S. and other countries.
- To build on the AFCP program, which supports the preservation of cultural heritage as a demonstration of U.S. respect for the cultural heritage of others.
Funding Information
- Approximate Total Funding: $100,000
- Approximate Average Award: $100,000
- Floor of Award Range: $100,000
- Ceiling of Award Range: $100,000
- Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2019
- Anticipated Completion Date: August 31, 2021
Eligible Applicants
- This funding opportunity is open to U.S. public and private nonprofit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3).
- Applicants must have a minimum of three years of experience in conducting international exchanges to be eligible for this Opportunity.
- Cost Sharing or Matching Funds: There is no minimum or maximum percentage required for this competition. However, the Bureau encourages applicants to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support of its programs.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the entire Solicitation Package via the given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314319