Deadline: 5 January 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar has announced a call for abstracts for the 2018 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Large Grants Competition.
Funding Information
Floor on Amount of Awards: U.S. $200,000 per project
Funding Areas
The AFCP Large Grants Program supports the preservation of major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections that are accessible to the public and protected by law in the host country. Appropriate project activities may include:
- preventive conservation (addressing conditions that damage or threaten the site);
- stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance [settling, collapse, etc.] of a site);
- conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to a collection or sites);
- consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of a site);
- anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts); or
- restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of a site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings).
Funding Priorities
Applications for projects that directly support one or more of the following will receive additional consideration in FY 2018:
- U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property agreements
- U.S. Mission Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) goals
- Disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in seismically active and other disaster-prone areas
- Post-disaster cultural heritage recovery
- Preservation of inscribed World Heritage sites
Eligibility Criteria
- AFCP defines eligible project applicants as 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 www.SAM.gov and able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
- The U.S. Embassy in Mongolia vets applicants for eligibility, suitability, and reputable performance in cultural preservation or similar activities.
How to Apply
- This Opportunity consists of two application rounds:
- Round 1 (Project Abstract)
- Round 2 (Full Application)
- Abstracts must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Mongolia and United States
For more information, please visit Large Grants Competition.