The U.S. Embassy in Georgia is offering the 2025 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant, dedicated to safeguarding cultural heritage. This grant is for the purpose of supporting diverse projects focused on the preservation of significant cultural assets within Georgia. The competition welcomes proposals across three key areas: cultural sites, including historic buildings, monuments, and archaeological locations; cultural objects and collections from museums or similar institutions, such as ethnographic items, paintings, sculptures, and manuscripts; and forms of traditional cultural expression, encompassing traditional music, indigenous languages, and various traditional crafts. The Embassy is currently accepting project abstracts for this vital preservation initiative.
Opportunity ID: 357080
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PDS-DOS-GEO-FY25-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | 2025 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Cultural Heritage Preservation |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 12, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | ELIGIBLE PROJECT APPLICANTS include reputable and accountable non-commercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
Independent U.S. projects overseas not eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Georgia |
| Description: |
The United States Embassy in Georgia is accepting project abstracts for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2025 Competition in the following three areas: CULTURAL SITES – such as, but not limited to, historic buildings, monuments and archaeological sites; CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS from a museum, site, or similar institution – that include, but are not limited to, archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, and general museum conservation needs; and FORMS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSION – such as traditional music, indigenous languages, and crafts. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
2277000
Email:TbilisiCultural@state.gov. |
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Related Documents
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants SF424 Mandatory Form V1.2 Form Instructions.pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants SF424A-V1.0 (9).pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants Announcement – ENG.pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants SF-424A Form Instructions.pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Project Abstract Application Form – AFCPEngGeo.pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants Mandatory_SF424B-V1.1 (4).pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants SF424_Mandatory_3_0-V3.0 (8).pdf
Folder 357080 Full Announcement-AFCP 2025 -> 2025 AFCP Grants Budget.pdf
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