Deadline: 15 January 2018
U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique is seeking applications for its 2018 U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Small Grants Competition to support the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression in more than 100 developing countries around the world, including Mozambique.
Funding Information
The Small Grants Competition considers projects from $10,000 up to $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible project applicants include reputable and accountable non-commercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations, including U.S.-based organizations.
- Individuals and for-profit businesses are not eligible to apply.
Eligible Projects
- 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
- 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, or support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of extinction
- Special Note Regarding Sites and Objects That Have a Religious Connection: The establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution permits the government to include religious objects and sites within an aid program under certain conditions. For example, an item with a religious connection (including a place of worship) may be the subject of a cultural preservation grant if the item derives its primary significance and is proposed solely on the basis of architectural, artistic, historical or other cultural (not religious) criteria.
How to Apply
Complete proposal packet must be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Mozambique and United States
For more information, please visit U.S. Embassy in Mozambique.