U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program in Yemen

Deadline: 17-Jan-2025

The U.S. Mission to Yemen and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Program.

The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collection, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.

Funding Information

• Funding awards will range from $10,000 to $500,000 per project.

Project Activities

• Appropriate project activities may include:
  • Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts);
  • Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site);
  • Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site);
  • Documentation (recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition);
  • Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state);
  • Preventive Conservation (addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition);
  • Restoration (replacing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and
  • historic buildings);
  • Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site).

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible implementors may include:
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Educational Institutions
  • U.S. based educational institutions and organizations
  • Public International Organizations (PIOs)
• AFCP will not award grants to:
  • Individuals
  • Commercial entities
  • Past award recipients that have not fulfilled the objectives or reporting requirements of previous awards

Ineligibility Criteria

• AFCP does not support the following activities:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Preservation of hominid or human remains
  • Preservation of news media (newspapers, newsreels, radio and TV programs, etc.)
  • Preservation of published materials available elsewhere (books, periodicals, etc.)
  • Development of curricula or educational materials for classroom use
  • Archaeological excavations or exploratory surveys for research purposes
  • Historical research, except in cases where the research is justifiable and integral to the success of the proposed project
  • Acquisition or creation of new exhibits, objects, or collections for new or existing museums

For more information, visit U.S. Mission to Yemen.