Deadline: 2 January 2017
The U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State are seeking applications for its U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2017 Large Grants Program.
The program requests project abstracts and, if selected to advance to Round 2, full proposals for large-scale, partnership-based projects to preserve cultural heritage sites in less developed countries through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).
Funding Information
Floor on Amount of Individual Awards: US $200,000 per project.
Funding Areas
The AFCP Large Grants Program supports the preservation of major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections that are accessible to the public and protected by law in the host country.
Funding Priorities
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)
Eligibility Criteria
- AFCP defines eligible project applicants as reputable and accountable noncommercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar not-for-profit 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, entities, or past award recipients who have not fulfilled the objectives or the reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
How to Apply
Proposals shall be submitted by email and soft copy at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Paraguay
For more information, please download the PDF 2017 Large Grants Program.