Project Grant P274A200019

This three-year, $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program will support the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. to digitize and provide open online access to 26 collections from its conservation archives. These archives document over 7,000 years of Egyptian culture and history at prehistoric, pharaonic, Coptic, Islamic, and Jewish sites across Egypt. By September 2025, the American Research...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $1.6 million to The American Center of Research, Incorporated (ACOR) under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) for archaeological research and cultural heritage preservation at the Palace and Port at Kallirhoe on the Dead Sea in Jordan. The project, initiated on October 1, 2025, and scheduled for completion by September 30, 2027, supports the preservation and protection...

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 National Park Service (NPS) awarded $179,966 to The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to support the archiving and conservation of the historic Leon Gardiner Collection. The project, scheduled for completion by April 30, 2029, represents a physical preservation initiative focused on professional-grade conservation and archival processing of nationally significant cultural materials. As a competitive...

This federal Project Grant award of $524,587 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA #15.929) will support the Historic St. Mary's City Commission in Maryland to assess, catalog, and rehouse its archaeological collections dating from the 17th century through the post-colonial period. The project staff, along with a contracted conservator, will conduct a condition assessment of the collection to guide future conservation efforts. The goal...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded The American Center of Research, Incorporated (ACOR) $410,522 under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) to conserve the Roman Imperial 2nd-century A.D. western theater at Umm Qais (ancient Gadara) in Jordan. The project, initiated on April 15, 2026, with completion targeted for April 14, 2028, focuses on archaeological site preservation and restoration activities that...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Park Service (National Office) awarded the University of Arizona a Cooperative Agreement totaling $100,019 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) effective July 1, 2025, through May 31, 2027. This task agreement focuses on improving the discoverability and long-term preservation of archival collections housed at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center in...

Archaeology Southwest received a $166,684 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. Through this award, Archaeology Southwest will conduct a comprehensive landscape history and documentation of existing conditions for a site in Grants, New Mexico from June 2023 through December 2026. The organization will analyze findings to indicate...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Cyark under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to produce and disseminate three web-based interactive 3D experiences in conjunction with local partners in Ecuador and Peru. The project aims to foster greater protection of cultural heritage sites found along the Andean road system through developing the digital experiences. Work...

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...