Deadline: 10 December 2017
The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal is seeking project abstracts for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2018 Large Grant Program.
Funding Information
Floor on Amount of Awards: $200,000 per project. Since 2008 awards made through this program for new large-scale projects have ranged from $200,000 to $979,000 with an average award amount of $480,000.
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)
- 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
Application for projects that directly support one or more of the following will receive additional consideration in FY 2018;
- 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
- The Cultural Heritage Center defines eligible project applicants as 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 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.
- AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, and past award recipients who have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards.
How to Apply
- The application process for the AFCP Large Grants Program takes place in two rounds:
- Project Abstract (Round 1)
- Full Proposal (Round 2)
- Interested Institutions must submit abstracts electronically via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Nepal and United States
For more information, please visit U.S. Embassy in Nepal.