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CPAIG2026: Cultural Property Agreements Implementation Grants

Closed Closed April 15, 2026 Opportunity CPAIG2026 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Foreign Institutions of Higher Education, Foreign-Based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Foreign Public Entities (where permitted), Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions, U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, U.S. Non-Profit Organizations (IRS section 501(c)(3))

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Cultural Antiquities Task Force awards averaged $80,079; this notice allows up to $150,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the start of the 2026 program cycle for Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants (CPAIG). U.S. embassies in countries with cultural property agreements or emergency import restrictions may submit applications for projects to protect cultural property from looting, theft, and trafficking, or other security threats. The following countries are eligible under this opportunity: Afghanistan*, Albania, Algeria, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. *Note: Eligibility restricted to U.S.-based nonprofits or institutions of higher education working outside of Afghanistan to support the emergency import restrictions unilaterally imposed by the United States on archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan. Full implementation of the CPAIG 2026 Program is pending the availability of Fiscal Year 2026 funds. Application deadlines vary by U.S. embassy. Contact the U.S. embassy directly for application deadlines.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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