Project Grant SCO20022GR0088

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, under the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CFDA 19.036) program, is for $143,342 to build local capacity and law enforcement cooperation to combat the illicit trafficking of Albanian cultural heritage. The grant recipient, Cultural Heritage Without Borders Albania, will focus on the archaeological sites of Apollonia, Byllis, and Antigonea. The project aims to preserve cultural...

This $234,275 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) program supports the creation of a digital archive of significant Moroccan cultural heritage at risk of trafficking. Awarded on September 20, 2021 to the Association Badira in Morocco, the grant enables the sub-awardee to fulfill a key objective under the Cultural Property Memorandum of Understanding Action Plan to build an online collection of endangered...

This federal Project Grant award of $349,221 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund the development of a standard for two solutions to the issue of unprovenanced or unethically obtained cultural objects: shared stewardship and voluntary return. The initiative, known as the "Waystation" and based at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology,...

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...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) provides $500,000.00 in funding to Cyark, a non-profit organization, to conduct training on 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and disseminate authentic, community-centered narratives about cultural heritage. The award period runs from Sep 20, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025. The project...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.025 - U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation) seeks to secure important collections of archaeological and ethnographic artifacts from Jebel Barkal and Kerma in Sudan. The goal is to save these cultural heritage items from looting and destruction, preserving them for posterity. The prime awardee is Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, which will...

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 (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...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) provides $258,966.39 to Morehouse College Inc. to conduct a three-phase cultural preservation process of 50 ethnolinguistic cultures in Nigeria's Middle Belt region. The project will produce extensive audiovisual documentation of the intangible cultural heritage of 10 focus minority cultures. This grant supports the preservation...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) provides $202,640.00 to implement the "Law Enforcement Training to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Yemeni Cultural Property" project. The goal of this 5-month project is to create Yemen's inaugural anti-trafficking law enforcement unit and build the capacity of professionals and...