Uganda: 2021 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant Program

Deadline: 6-Nov-20

The U.S. Embassy in Uganda is encourages for the 2021 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grant Program.

Successful concepts will identify projects that assist the people of Uganda in preserving their cultural heritage.

Proposals may include preservation projects directed at:

• Cultural Sites—including (but not limited to) historic buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites.
• Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site, or similar institution and includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections, and general museum conservation activities; and
• Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression includes traditional music, rituals, knowledge, languages, dance, drama, and crafts.

Criteria

Proposals must address all of the following criteria:

• A brief description of the project and participants, including the time frame for completion.
• Project Implementor name, implementer information, including name and SAM registration status.
• An indication of the importance of the cultural or sacred site, object/collection, or form of expression. All should be of relevance to Uganda.
• An indication of the urgency of the project.
• An assessment of the impact of the U.S. contribution to the preservation project.
• A brief budget (projects are eligible from $10,000-$500,000 in funding).
• An indication of other funding sources, if any. (Note: Strong encouragement is given to local cost-sharing including support in-kind.)
• up to 5 digital images (JPEGs) or audiovisual file of the site, object, or form of expression to be addressed in the proposed project.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Preservation or purchase of privately or commercially owned cultural objects, collections, or real property, including those whose transfer from private or commercial to public ownership is envisioned, planned, or in process but not complete at the time of proposal submission;
• Preservation of natural heritage (physical, biological, and geological formations, paleontological collections, habitats of threatened species of animals and plants, fossils, etc.);
• Preservation of hominid or human remains;
• Preservation of news media (newspapers, newsreels, radio and TV programs, etc.);
• Preservation of published materials available elsewhere (books, periodicals, etc.);
• Development of curricula or educational materials for classroom use;
• Archaeological excavations or exploratory surveys for research purposes;
• Historical research, except in cases where the research is justifiable and integral to the success of the proposed project;
• Acquisition or creation of new collections for new or existing museums;
• Construction of new buildings or permanent coverings (over archaeological sites, for example);
• Commissions of new works of art or architecture for commemorative or economic development purposes;
• Creation of new or the modern adaptation of existing traditional dances, songs, chants, musical compositions, plays, or other performances;
• Creation of replicas or re-creation of cultural objects or sites that no longer exist;
• Relocation of cultural sites from one physical location to another;
• Removal of cultural objects or elements of cultural sites from the country for any reason;
• Digitization of cultural objects or collections, unless part of a larger, clearly defined conservation effort;
• Conservation plans or other studies, unless they are one component of a larger project to implement the results of those studies:
• Cash reserves, endowments or revolving funds (funds must be expended within the award period [up to five years] and may not be used to create an endowment or revolving fund);
• Costs of fund-raising campaigns;
• Indirect costs or operating expenses, i.e. expenses incurred during the day-to-day operational activities of an organization, such as office rent, utilities, license fees, and other costs for administrative time, services, or materials not directly related to performing project work;
• Contingency, unforeseen, or miscellaneous costs or fees;
• Costs of work performed prior to announcement of the award;
• International travel, except in cases where travel is justifiable and integral to the success of the proposed project;
• Travel or study for professional development;
• Individual projects costing less than $10,000;
• Independent U.S. projects overseas.

For more information, visit https://ug.usembassy.gov/united-states-ambassadors-fund-for-cultural-preservation-closing-06-november-2020/