Deadline: 22 December 2016
The U.S. Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam is accepting applications from Vietnamese non‐commercial entities for its Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2017 Competition with an objective to preserve cultural heritage in Vietnam.
The program seeks activities that may include:
- Cultural Sites: conservation of an ancient or historic building, preservation of an archaeological site, or documentation of cultural sites in a region for preservation purposes.
- Cultural Objects and Collections: conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects; needs assessment of a collection with respect to its condition and strategies for improving its state of conservation; inventory of a collection for conservation and protection purposes; the creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections; or specialized training in the care and preservation of collections.
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression: documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music and dance forms for broad dissemination as the means of teaching and further preserving them, or support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of extinction.
Funding Information
Proposals can be submitted for $10,000 or more. In FY 2016, awards ranging from US $21,000 to US $140,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants may be made to Vietnamese non‐commercial entities, such as non‐governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage. AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients which have not fulfilled the reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
- Proposals for projects that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive consideration in FY 2017:
- Directly support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property protection agreements;
- Support the preservation of inscribed UNESCO World Heritage sites;
- Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage and post‐disaster cultural heritage recovery in seismically active and other disaster‐prone areas; and
- Engage women, youth, or under‐served communities.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their Proposals (in English) via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Vietnam
For more information, please download the pdf Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.