U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation – Albania

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:

• Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts.
• Conservation: Addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site.
• Consolidation: Connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site.
• Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format.
• Inventory: Listing objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristics.
• Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.
• Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.
• 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); U.S. Non-Profit Organization (IRC section 501(c)(3)); U.S. Institution of Higher Education

3) Location

Actions must take place in Albania.

4) Budget

Funding may range from $25,000-$500,000.

5) Application

Project proposals are due on December 13, 2024. The application process is divided into two rounds: the first streamlined round will collect project ideas from applicants in the form of concept notes, due December 13, 2024. In Round 2, the Embassy will invite selected Round 1 applicants with promising ideas to submit full project applications, due March 30, 2025.