Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) - Lebanon
Key Information
Due Date: April 25, 2024
Agency: Not Specified
Source: Federal
Funding Category:
Arts Recreation & Culture
Funding Amount: $500,000
Funding Type: Grant
Match Required: Yes
Contact Info:
PDBeirutGrants@state.gov
For inquiries
Overview
The AFCP Grants Program is aimed at preserving a wide range of cultural heritage, which includes archaeological sites, historical buildings and monuments, museum collections, and traditional forms of cultural expression like indigenous languages and crafts.
The project activities that are eligible for receiving this grant include:
1. Anastylosis, which involves reassembling a site using the original parts.
2. Restoration, which involves replacing missing parts to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, this is typically suitable for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.
3. Conservation, addressing any damage or wear to an object or site.
4. Stabilization involving reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site.
5. Inventory, which entails forming a list of objects, sites, or traditions based on location, feature, age, or any other unique characteristic or state.
6. Consolidation, which involves connecting or reconnecting the elements of an object or site.
7. Documentation, which involves recording in analog or digital format the condition and prominent features of an object, site, or tradition.
8. Preventive Conservation, which covers addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.
Key Dates
Open Date: November 7, 2023
Application Due Date: April 25, 2024
Estimated Award Date: Not Specified
Additional Details
Eligible Activities
- Community Engagement
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- City, village or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education