Dept of State US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Program

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Dept of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ECA

Dept of State - U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program
AFCP-2021-2022-GP
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329274  
Contact individual U.S. embassies for application deadlines as they vary from country to country.
Note: This program issues awards once per calendar year.

Dept. of State DOS solicitations generally limit the number of applications that may go forward in response to a specific solicitation. 
Prospective applicants from the UI who wish to apply to a DOS program that limits the number of applications allowed per institution must refer to the UI Limited Submissions guidelines at https://uiowa.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1809264  

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 music and crafts. Please see pp. 6-7 of the PDF for what this program does NOT fund.

Appropriate project activities may include:

  • Anastylosis (reassembling a site from 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 in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition)
  • Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state)
  • 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 only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
  • Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site)

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