Deadline:Â 21 November 2018
The U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic has announced a call for grant proposals aimed at preservation of cultural heritage through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).
Focus Areas
- CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS
- Activities may include: 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:
- Activities may: include documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, indigenous languages 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
Applications for projects that directly support one or more of the following will receive additional consideration in FY 2019:
- Disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in disaster-prone areas
- Post-disaster cultural heritage recovery
- Preservation of inscribed World Heritage sites
Criteria
AFCP will consider project proposals from non-governmental, non-commercial 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.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the application form via given website.
For more information, please visit Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.