Description
The U.S. Department of State's U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation is seeking proposals for funding to support the preservation of cultural heritage in Albania. The application process consists of two rounds, with concept notes due on December 13, 2024, and full project applications due on March 30, 2025. Eligible applicants include foreign institutions of higher education, foreign-based non-profit organizations, U.S. non-profit organizations, and U.S. institutions of higher education. The fund will support projects such as anastylosis, conservation, consolidation, documentation, inventory, preventive conservation, restoration, and stabilization of cultural sites, objects, and traditions.
• 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.