Deadline: 7 December 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Turkey and the Cultural Heritage Center of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State has announced the 2019 call for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Competition.
The AFCP competition for Turkey aims to support preservation of cultural sites or objects and museum collections of historical or cultural significance to the cultural heritage of Turkey.
Funding Information
- Floor on Amount of Individual Awards: US $10,000 per project.
- Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards: $200,000 per project.
Funding Areas
- In the case of 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.
- In the case of 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.
- In the case of 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, or support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of extinction.
Special Priorities
- U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property agreements
- Disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in disaster-prone areas
- Post-disaster cultural heritage recovery
- Preservation of inscribed World Heritage sites
Eligibility Criteria
- Only reputable and accountable noncommercial entities, such as non-governmental 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 registered and active in SAM.gov and able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage can apply.
- AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
How to Apply
Application form and all the required attachments must be submitted in English in electronic format at the address given on the website with the subject line: AFCP Small Grants Competition 2019.
Eligible Countries: Turkey and United States
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2qI90NZ