The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique announces an open competition for organizations to submit project ideas in the form of concept notes for Round 1 of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Program.
Program Objectives
The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.
Funding Information
Total available funding: $500,000.00
Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $10,000.00 to a maximum of $500,000.00
Length of performance period: 12 to 60 months
Number of awards anticipated: 03 awards (dependent on amounts)
Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2024
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 missing 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
U.S. Embassy Mozambique defines eligible project implementers as reputable and accountable non-commercial entities that can demonstrate they have the requisite capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage. Eligible implementers may include:
Non-governmental organizations,
Not-for Profit Museums,
Not-For Profit Educational institutions,
Ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations
U.S.-based educational institutions,
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.
