Deadline: 21 December 2016
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara is seeking applications for its Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation 2017 Large Grants Program competition.
The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation Large Grants Program supports the preservation of major ancient archeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections that are accessible to the public and protected by law in Turkey.
This opportunity consists of two application rounds. Round 1 is for collecting detailed project abstracts and Round 2 is for selected applicants to submit their full proposals.
The AFCP Large Grants Program gives top priority to project activities that are appropriate and in keeping with international cultural heritage preservation standards. An appropriate preservation activity is one that protects the values of the site 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.
- Appropriate project activities may include:
- Preventive conservation (addressing conditions that damage or threaten the site)
- Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance [settling, collapse, etc.] of a site)
- Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to a collection or sites)
- Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of a site)
- Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts)
- Restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of a site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
Funding Information
Floor (Minimum) on Amount of Awards: $200,000 per project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only reputable and accountable noncommercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations, including U.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage can apply.
- The applicants are also required to have previous large-scale international project experience.
- AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or to embassies or past award recipients who have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
How to Apply
Proposal must be submitted in English in word format at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Turkey and United States
For more information, please visit AFCP Large Grants Program.