Deadline: 1 December 2017
The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2018 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Small Grants competition.
The U.S. Embassy Colombo looks forward to receiving strong proposals in support of efforts to preserve Sri Lankan and Maldivian cultural heritage for future generations.
The AFCP was established in 2001 in collaboration with the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to assist countries in preserving their cultural heritage. Applicants are invited to work with U.S. Embassy Colombo’s Public Affairs Section to develop and submit proposals for possible funding under this initiative. To date, through the AFCP program the Embassy has supported ten projects in Sri Lanka valued at almost $900,000 and four projects in Maldives valued at nearly $96,000.
Funding Information
- Funding Range for Individual Awards: From $10,000 to $200,000 per project.
- In Fiscal Year 2017, awards ranged from US $24,000 to US $174,000.
Focus Areas
- Cultural Sites:
- Conservation of an ancient or historic building
- Preservation of an archaeological site
- Documentation of cultural sites in a region for preservation purposes.
- Cultural objects and collections:
- Conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects from a museum, site, or similar institution—that include, but are not limited to, archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and general museum conservation needs;
- 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, indigenous languages and dance forms for broad dissemination as the means of teaching and further preserving them,
- Support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of Extinction
How to Apply
Applicants must forward only electronic copies of all required documentation via e-mail at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit AFCP Small Grants Competition.