Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2025 Grants Program

The U.S. Embassy in Lusaka and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2025 call for proposals for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Program. The AFCP supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression. Appropriate project activities may include: • Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using 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 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 of an object or site. The application process involves two rounds, with concept notes due on December 27, 2024, and full applications due on March 28, 2025. Funding awards will range from $25,000 to $500,000 per project.