AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION

The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation is the only cultural preservation program in the U.S. government that provides direct small grant support to heritage preservation in less developed countries. The purpose of the fund is to promote cooperation with other countries to reduce the threat of pillage of irreplaceable cultural heritage and to develop long-term strategies for preserving cultural property.
Program Guidelines: It is critically important that proposals provide a full, detailed and comprehensive narrative describing the objectives of the project and the participants and project activities, including identified project outcomes, the time frame for completion, budgets, monitoring and reporting of the project. The proposal also needs to include indication of the importance of the cultural or sacred site(s), object or form of expression which should have a close association with the history and cultural development of the country.
Other general details to note:
• funds cannot be used to support conservation or the purchase of privately owned, residential or commercial property or collections;
• funds cannot pay for international airfares for foreign specialists;
• proposals must be directed at specific projects that solely support preservation of sites or forms of traditional expression, conservation of objects or preventive conservation/ preservation strategies;
• funds cannot be applied to new construction;
• when developing project budgets, fluctuation of exchange rates be also taken into consideration when determining the amount of grant required.
Approximate Total Funding: Grants typically range from US$15,000 to US$30,000.

Deadline for 2008 proposals 15th February - please keep visiting this site for the next call for proposals.

Eligibility Information: Organizations from Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu are eligible to submit proposals.
For Additional Information see http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/afcp/