Cooperative Agreement SLE20025CA0008

The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) will extend its popular "Museum in a Suitcase" model through pop-up events and non-governmental organization community engagement in Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. Funded through a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, ASOR aims to increase regional cooperation and further memoranda of understanding for cultural property protection. The award falls under the Cultural...

The American Center of Research, Incorporated will receive $209,169.80 through a two-year Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to activate the Jordanian Department of Antiquities dormant anti-smuggling trafficking section. The grant period runs from September 15, 2021 through September 14, 2023. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The two-year award, made on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2023, will support the development of guidelines and capacity building for seismic retrofits of cultural heritage buildings in Lebanon. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to preserve...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $1,597,277 Project Grant to the William Foxwell Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, operating as the American Schools of Oriental Research. The award, funded through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025), aims to advance the preservation and protection of cultural heritage in Israel. The project will improve the conservation of archaeological sites, historic sites, and...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $120,000.00 Project Grant to the Icom - Hellenic National Committee, a non-profit organization, to organize the 2nd Cultural Heritage School in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture. The grant, funded under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will support the protection of cultural heritage from the effects of the climate crisis. The project...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) provides $349,221 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for "Developing a Standard for Shared Stewardship and Voluntary Return of International Cultural Objects" [THE WAYSTATION INITIATIVE]. The initiative aims to establish best practices and standards for the temporary...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $700,000 to Bard College through its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to develop the International Digital Dura-Europos Archive project from July 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. The International Digital Dura-Europos Archive project aims to increase global access to and understanding of cultural heritage artifacts and data from the important archaeological site of Dura-Europos in Syria. Using linked...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $174,705.76 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, Berkeley under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The grant will support efforts by the Institut des Hautes Etudes et Recherches Islamiques Ahmed Baba de Tombouctou (IHERI-ABT) to verify bibliographic metadata for approximately 43,000 manuscripts held in its collections in Tombouctou and Bamako, Mali. Specifically, IHERI-ABT...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) awarded a $349,315 Project Grant to the Foundation For Ethical Stewardship Of Cultural Heritage, doing business as Fesch, for the "The Mediterranean Antiquities Provenance Research Alliance (MAPRA): Phase I" project. This 3-year project (3/1/2024 to 2/28/2027) will bring together academics and museum professionals to create data standards and a protocol for undertaking provenance...

The Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece will organize the 11th Annual Museum Conference December 1-3, 2021 featuring U.S. experts under a $121,470 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which supports achieving U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics, the grant will support the conference to expand relationships between the U.S. and Greece. The Benaki...