Deadline: 12 January 2016
The U.S. Embassy in Chisinau is currently inviting applications for the 2016 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grants program to help countries preserve their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for different cultures around the world.
Last year grants ranged from US $32,500 to US $200,000.
Funding Categories
The Ambassadors Fund supports projects to preserve cultural heritage in the following three categories:
- Cultural Sites: that include (but not limited to) historic buildings and archaeological sites.
- Cultural Objects and Collections: from a museum, site, or similar institution that include archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and general museum conservation needs.
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression: that includes traditional music, indigenous languages, and crafts.
Funding Priorities
Proposals for projects that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive special consideration in FY 2016:
- Directly support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property protection agreements.
- Support the preservation of inscribed World Heritage sites.
- Support risk reduction and disaster preparedness for cultural sites and collections in seismically active and other disaster-prone areas.
- Engage women, youth, or under-served communities.
Grants available
The maximum amount of individual awards is $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grantees must be non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
- The AFCP Program strongly encourages cost-sharing, in-kind contributions, and other forms of cost participation.
How to Apply
Applicants must download the application form available on the website. Both application and Proposals (written in English) must be submitted electronically.
For more information, please visit Ambassadors Fund.
