Project Grant SAQMIP22GR0056
- 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 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $201,446 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program to The American Center Of Research, Incorporated (ACOR), a non-profit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 20, 2026, will fund ACOR's efforts to provide commodities and support cultural heritage preservation, archaeological research, language...
- Grant Award Summary The William Foxwell Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, operating as the American Schools of Oriental Research, received a $1.597 million project grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025). The award, obligated on September 30, 2025, supports a two-year initiative through September 30, 2027, to advance the preservation and protection of 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...
- 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) to advance the preservation and protection of cultural heritage in the Holy Land, specifically focusing on archaeological research and preservation activities at the Palace and Port at Kallirhoe on the Dead Sea in Jordan. The project grant, awarded on October...
- The American Center of Research, Incorporated (ACOR) was awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant will fund ACOR's "CASA II - Group Research and Arabic Language Training in Amman, Jordan" project, which aims to enhance modern foreign language and area studies education in the United States. The project will provide overseas training,...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $279,594, was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant supports the CAORC-NEH FPIRI Research Fellowship Program, which enables American scholars to conduct long-term research at American Overseas Research Centers (ORCs) in strategically important regions such as Latin America, North and West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, and the South Caucasus....
- The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) was awarded a $4.5 million cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support American overseas research centers (ORCs) located in all world regions through December 2024. Under the agreement, CAORC will provide operational and programmatic support to ORCs, advancing the objectives of the Department of State's Academic Exchange Programs - Special Academic Exchange Programs (CFDA...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $925,000 Project Grant to Service International Pour Les Droits De L'Homme to equip Chinese human rights defenders to engage with the UN human rights system and push for accountability and improved access to rights. This award will be carried out from September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2025 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345). This program funds...
- The Desert Research Center will receive $592k under a four-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. The grant supports the "Dromedary Camels for Sustainable Development in the Middle East and North Africa" project under the Bureau's Middle East Research Cooperation Program (MERC) CFDA #19.600. The project aims to advance the sustainable use of dromedary camels in the MENA region from September 2023 to September 2027. Camels are an important...
The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) will receive $740,740 under a two-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor. The grant funds a project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 to undertake regional efforts to train stakeholders and engage communities throughout the Sahel region of Niger to increase preservation of religious heritage sites. This award is provided through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345). This program supports targeted democracy and human rights initiatives globally to address human rights abuses, open political space in struggling democracies, and bolster civil society. ASOR's regional project aligns with the program's goal of strengthening civil society participation and preservation of cultural heritage.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $740.7k | 8/17/22 |