Deadline: 23 November 2019
The U.S. Embassy to Sri Lanka and Maldives has announced the call for abstracts for the 2020 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Large Grants Program.
The AFCP Large Grants Program supports preservation of major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections in Sri Lanka and Maldives that are accessible to the public and protected by law in the host country through this program.
Funding Priorities
Applications for projects that do one or more of the following will receive additional consideration in FY 2020:
- Support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations.
- Support U.S. Embassy Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) goals.
- Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in disaster-prone areas.
- Support post-disaster cultural heritage recovery.
- Preserve World Heritage sites.
- Partner, connect with or feed into other ECA programs.
Funding Information
- Floor on Amount of Individual Awards: US $200,000 per project
- Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards: US $800,000 per project
Project Activities
Appropriate project activities may include
- Preventive conservation (addressing conditions that damage or threaten the site).
- Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance [e.g., settling, collapse] 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.)
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are invited to send project abstracts for preservation of major ancient archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, and major museum collections in Sri Lanka and Maldives that are accessible to the public and protected by law in the host country through this program.
- This opportunity is open to 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.
How to Apply
- The AFCP large grants competition takes place in two rounds:
- Project Abstract (Round 1)
- Full Project Proposal (Round 2)
- To receive consideration for funding, applicants must forward only electronic copies of all required documentation via e-mail at the address given on the website under the heading “AFCP 2020 Large Grants Program”.
For more information, please visit https://lk.usembassy.gov/embassy/grant-opportunities/