U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2023 Grants Program

Description

1) Objective

The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.

Appropriate project activities may include:
a) Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts);
b) Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site);
c) Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site);
d) Documentation (recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition);
e) Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state);
f) Preventive Conservation (addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition);
g) Restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings);
h) Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site).

2) Eligibility

The following entities are eligible to apply: Foreign Institution of Higher Education; Foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO); Foreign Public Entity, where permitted; U.S. Non-Profit Organization (501(c)(3)); U.S. Institution of Higher Education Eligible implementers may also include, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations. The AFCP will not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous awards.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Afghanistan.

4) Budget

Grants may range up to $500,000.

5) Application

All applications must be submitted on or before 9 January 2023.