Opportunity Information: Apply for PAS EGY AFCP SG 2019
Apply for PAS EGY AFCP SG 2019
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Egypt in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION (AFCP) 2019 LARGE GRANTS COMPETITION" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.025.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 08, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 30, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2019 Large Grants Competition is a U.S. Department of State grant program, administered here through the U.S. Mission to Egypt, aimed at safeguarding significant cultural heritage. The opportunity supports projects that preserve (1) cultural sites, (2) cultural objects and collections, and (3) forms of traditional cultural expression. In practical terms, the program is designed for hands-on preservation work and related activities that help keep irreplaceable heritage from deteriorating, being lost, or becoming inaccessible to future generations.
For cultural sites, the grant can support conservation or preservation work involving ancient or historic structures and locations. Examples include conserving an old or historically important building, preserving an archaeological site, or carrying out documentation efforts that record and map cultural sites across a particular region as a foundation for future protection and preservation planning. The emphasis is on activities that directly contribute to stabilizing, protecting, or properly recording sites that hold cultural, historical, or archaeological value.
For cultural objects and collections, the grant focuses on museum-type conservation and collections care. Supported activities may include conservation treatment for individual objects or entire collections held by museums, archaeological sites, or similar institutions. The types of materials referenced are broad and include archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and other common conservation priorities in museum and heritage settings. The notice also highlights several collection-strengthening activities beyond direct treatment, such as conducting a needs assessment to evaluate a collection's condition and define strategies to improve its long-term conservation, creating or improving an inventory for protection and conservation purposes, and establishing safe environments for storing or displaying collections (for example, improvements that reduce damage from humidity, light, pests, handling, or inadequate storage systems). It also allows for specialized training in the care and preservation of collections, indicating that building local technical capacity is an acceptable and valued outcome when it directly supports better preservation.
For traditional cultural expression, the opportunity supports work that helps safeguard living heritage, especially practices that are vulnerable to decline or extinction. Activities may include documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, indigenous languages, and dance forms, particularly when the recordings are intended for broad dissemination as a way to teach and sustain these traditions over time. The notice also includes support for training initiatives aimed at preserving traditional applied arts or crafts that are in danger of disappearing, recognizing that skills transmission and practice-based learning can be essential to keeping these cultural expressions alive.
Administratively, the opportunity is a mandatory grant (FundingInstrumentType: Grant) under CFDA 19.025, with the issuing agency listed as the Department of State, U.S. Mission to Egypt. The funding opportunity number is PAS EGY AFCP SG 2019. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $200,000 and anticipates making 1 award. The opportunity was created on November 8, 2018, with an original closing date of November 30, 2018. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" with further clarification referenced in the original eligibility section, implying that applicants may include certain non-governmental or institutional entities that meet the program's requirements, rather than being limited to a narrow applicant category.
Overall, this funding opportunity is structured to support concrete preservation outcomes: stabilizing and conserving important sites, improving the condition and management of collections, and recording or transmitting traditional cultural practices so they can be learned, shared, and sustained. It is essentially a preservation-focused grant mechanism that funds targeted interventions, documentation, and capacity-building activities where these steps directly contribute to protecting cultural heritage.
FAQs: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2019 Large Grants Competition (U.S. Mission to Egypt)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is the NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2019 Large Grants Competition, a U.S. Department of State grant program administered through the U.S. Mission to Egypt. It supports hands-on cultural heritage preservation work intended to keep significant heritage from deteriorating, being lost, or becoming inaccessible to future generations.
2) What is the main purpose of the program?
The program is designed to fund practical, preservation-focused projects with concrete outcomes, such as stabilizing and conserving important sites, improving the condition and management of collections, and documenting or transmitting traditional cultural practices so they can be learned, shared, and sustained over time.
3) What types of projects are supported?
The opportunity supports projects that preserve:
- Cultural sites
- Cultural objects and collections
- Forms of traditional cultural expression
4) What counts as a "cultural site" under this opportunity?
Cultural sites include ancient or historic structures and locations with cultural, historical, or archaeological value. The grant can support conservation or preservation work on an old or historically important building, preservation of an archaeological site, and documentation efforts that record and map cultural sites in a region to support future protection and preservation planning.
5) What kinds of activities are supported for cultural sites?
Supported site activities emphasize direct preservation results, including actions that stabilize, protect, conserve, preserve, or properly document significant sites. Examples mentioned include conserving historic buildings, preserving archaeological sites, and undertaking documentation and mapping as a foundation for future protection and preservation planning.
6) What are "cultural objects and collections" in the context of this grant?
This category focuses on museum-type conservation and collections care. It can include conservation treatment for individual objects or entire collections held by museums, archaeological sites, or similar institutions.
7) What kinds of objects or materials can be included in a collections project?
The notice references a wide range of heritage materials, including archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and other common conservation priorities in museum and heritage settings.
8) Besides direct conservation treatment, what collections-focused work may be supported?
The notice highlights several collection-strengthening activities, including:
- Conducting a needs assessment to evaluate a collection's condition and define strategies to improve long-term conservation
- Creating or improving an inventory for protection and conservation purposes
- Establishing safe environments for storing or displaying collections (for example, reducing damage from humidity, light, pests, handling, or inadequate storage systems)
9) Does the grant support training related to collections care?
Yes. The opportunity allows for specialized training in the care and preservation of collections. Building local technical capacity is presented as an acceptable and valued outcome when it directly supports better preservation.
10) What is meant by "traditional cultural expression" for this program?
Traditional cultural expression refers to living heritage such as traditional music, indigenous languages, dance forms, and traditional applied arts or crafts. The program emphasizes safeguarding practices that are vulnerable to decline or extinction.
11) What activities are supported for traditional cultural expression?
Supported activities may include documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, indigenous languages, and dance forms, especially when recordings are intended for broad dissemination to teach and sustain these traditions. The notice also includes training initiatives aimed at preserving traditional applied arts or crafts that are in danger of disappearing, recognizing that skills transmission and practice-based learning can be essential to keeping these cultural expressions alive.
12) Is this grant primarily for research, or for hands-on work?
Based on the description provided, the program is designed for hands-on preservation work and closely related activities that directly contribute to protecting cultural heritage (including documentation and training when those elements clearly support preservation outcomes).
13) Who is the issuing agency?
The issuing agency is the U.S. Department of State, with the opportunity administered through the Department of State's U.S. Mission to Egypt.
14) What is the funding instrument type?
The funding instrument type is a Grant (listed as a mandatory grant in the opportunity description).
15) What is the CFDA number for this program?
The CFDA number listed is 19.025.
16) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is PAS EGY AFCP SG 2019.
17) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The posting indicates an award ceiling of $200,000.
18) How many awards are expected?
The opportunity anticipates making 1 award.
19) When was this opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on November 8, 2018.
20) What was the original closing date?
The original closing date listed is November 30, 2018.
21) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with further clarification referenced in the original eligibility section. Based on the wording provided, eligibility likely includes certain non-governmental or institutional entities that meet program requirements, rather than being limited to a narrow applicant category.
22) What outcomes does the program prioritize?
The opportunity is structured to prioritize concrete preservation outcomes, including:
- Stabilizing, conserving, and protecting significant cultural sites
- Improving the condition, documentation, and long-term management of objects and collections
- Recording, disseminating, and transmitting vulnerable traditional cultural practices
23) Are documentation projects allowed, or must work be purely physical conservation?
Documentation is explicitly included as a supported activity in certain contexts. For cultural sites, documentation and mapping efforts are mentioned as a foundation for future protection and preservation planning. For traditional cultural expression, documentation and audiovisual recording are supported, particularly when intended for broad dissemination to help sustain the tradition.
24) Are environmental improvements for collections eligible?
Yes. The notice specifically mentions establishing safe environments for storing or displaying collections, including improvements intended to reduce damage from humidity, light, pests, handling, or inadequate storage systems.
25) Does the opportunity focus on preserving heritage for future generations?
Yes. The program is described as safeguarding significant cultural heritage and helping keep irreplaceable heritage from deteriorating, being lost, or becoming inaccessible to future generations.
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