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PAR-AFCP25: Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

Closed Closed December 15, 2024 Opportunity PAR-AFCP25 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Suriname notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

Institutions of Higher Education, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions, U.S. Institutions of Higher Education and U.S. Non-Profit Organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Suriname announces a call for concept notes to put forward for the 2025 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) competition. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) helps protect historic buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections, and traditional cultural expressions like indigenous languages and crafts around the world. Pending availability of funds, awards will range from $25,000 to $500,000 Deadline to submit concept notes: midnight on December 15, 2024. Contact: Paramaribo-grants@state.gov Who can apply? Eligible implementers may include Institutions of Higher Education, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions, U.S. Institutions of Higher Education and U.S. Non-Profit Organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. The AFCP will not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous awards. Potential implementers must be registered and active in the U.S. government’s System for Award Management (SAM) to receive U.S. federal assistance. This includes having a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and can take several weeks. Go to https://sam.gov/ for instructions on how to register and read also the “Note on SAM Registration” at the end of this announcement. What can be funded? Funding Areas: Appropriate project activities may include: Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts. Conservation: Treating or otherwise addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site. Consolidation: 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 or increasing the stability of an object or site. Sites and Objects Having a Religious Connection: The Establishment Clause of the U.S.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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