The U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic is now accepting applications for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Program.
AFCP supports the preservation of historic buildings, archaeological sites, manuscripts, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression such as indigenous languages and crafts in more than 120 countries around the world.
Funding Information
Total Available Funding: $6 million (estimated)
Award Amounts: $10,000 – $500,000
Number of Awards Anticipated: 20-30 awards per year
Length of Performance Period: 12 to 60 months
Anticipated Project Start Date: 1 October 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)
