CFPs: Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant Program in Suriname

Deadline: 15-Dec-2024

The U.S. Embassy in Suriname is accepting proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant Program.

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.

Funding Information

• Awards will range from $25,000 to $500,000

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.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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.

Ineligibility Criteria

• AFCP does not support the following activities:
  • Privately or Commercially Owned Property: Preservation or purchase of privately or commercially owned cultural objects, collections, or real property, including those whose transfer from private or commercial to public ownership is envisioned, planned, or in process but not complete at the time of application.
  • Natural Heritage: Preservation of natural heritage (physical, biological, and geological formations, paleontological collections, habitats of threatened species of animals and plants, fossils, etc.) unless the natural heritage has a cultural heritage connection or dimension.
  • Human Remains: Preservation of hominid or human remains.
  • News Media: Preservation of news media (newspapers, newsreels, radio and TV programs, etc.).
  • Published Materials: Preservation of published materials available elsewhere (books, periodicals, etc.).
  • Mandated Educational Materials: Development of curricula or educational materials for required classroom use.
  • Archaeological Research: Archaeological excavations or exploratory surveys for research purposes.
  • Historical Research: Historical research, except in cases where the research is justifiable and integral to the success of the proposed project.
  • New Exhibits or Collections: Acquisition or creation of new exhibits, objects, or collections for new or existing museums.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Suriname.