Deadline: 30 November 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia is currently accepting project proposals for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2019 Small Grant Competition.
Funding Information
Applicants may submit proposals for individual awards ranging from USD $10,000 to USD $200,000.
Funding Areas
To be eligible for AFCP funding consideration, proposals must include project activities that adhere to the following guidelines and to cultural heritage preservation international standards. These activities 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 Priorities
Project proposals that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive additional consideration in FY 2019:
- Directly support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property agreements;
- U.S. Embassy Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) goals;
- Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in seismically active and other disaster-prone areas;
- Post-disaster cultural heritage recovery; and
- Preservation of inscribed World Heritage sites
Eligible Project Applicants
The AFCP defines eligible project applicants as reputable and accountable 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.
How to Apply
All proposals must be submitted by e-mail at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit 2019 AFCP Small Grants Competition.