Deadline: 15 November 2019
The U.S. Embassy in Uganda is accepting abstracts for its 2020 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Small Grants Program to identify projects that assist the people of Uganda in preserving their cultural heritage.
In 2001, the Congress of the United States of America established the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to preserve cultural heritage in eligible countries. Through the Ambassador’s Fund, American embassies around the globe are helping eligible countries to preserve historic sites and manuscripts, museum collections, and traditional forms of music, dance, and language.
Focus Areas
Proposals may include preservation projects directed at:
- Cultural Sites—Includes (but not limited to) historic buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites;
- Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site, or similar institution and includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections, and general museum conservation activities; and
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression includes traditional music, rituals, knowledge, languages, dance, drama, and crafts.
Assessment Criteria
Proposals must address all of the following criteria:
- A brief description of the project and participants, including the time frame for completion.
- An indication of the importance of the cultural or sacred site, object/collection, or form of expression. All should be of relevance to Uganda.
- An indication of the urgency of the project.
- An assessment of the impact of the U.S. contribution to the preservation project.
- A brief budget.
- An indication of other funding sources, if any. (Note: strong encouragement is given to local cost-sharing including support in-kind).
- At least one digital image (JPEGs) or audiovisual file of the site, object, or form of expression to be addressed in the proposed project.
How to Apply
Completed abstracts should be sent at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit https://ug.usembassy.gov/call-for-abstracts-ambassadors-fund-for-cultural-preservation-afcp-november-15-2019/