U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants 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. The program is open to eligible organizations in various countries, and the application deadline varies by U.S. embassy. The program aims to preserve cultural heritage and supports activities such as anastylosis, conservation, consolidation, documentation, inventory, preventive conservation, restoration, and stabilization. Key aspects of the program include: • Eligible applicants: Foreign Institutions of Higher Education, Foreign-Based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Foreign Public Entities, Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions, U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, and U.S. Non-Profit Organizations. • Eligible countries: Various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. • Funding details: The program has an estimated total available funding of $6 million, with individual awards ranging from $25,000 to $500,000. • Project duration: 12 to 60 months.