Deadline: 1 December 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State has announced the 2019 call for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
The Fund was established to help countries preserve their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures.
Funding Areas
Through the AFCP Program, the Department of State supports projects to preserve cultural heritage in the following three areas:
- CULTURAL SITES include (but are not limited to) historic buildings and archaeological sites.
- CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS from a museum, site, or similar institution include archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and general museum conservation needs. Examples are conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects; needs assessment of a collection’s condition and strategies for improving it; 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.
Top priority is given to project activities that are appropriate and in keeping with international standards for the preservation of cultural heritage. An appropriate preservation activity is one that protects the values of the site, object, or collection, or form of traditional cultural expressions 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.
Funding Information
- Floor on Amount of Individual Awards: US $10,000 per project.
- Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards: $200,000 per project.
- In FY 2018, awards ranged from US $32,500 to US $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Only Macedonian entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, Ministry of Culture, or similar institutions and organizations are eligible to apply for the Fund.
How to Apply
Each project proposal must be in English and should be emailed at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Macedonia
For more information, please visit U.S. Embassy in Macedonia.