The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program to develop and implement the restoration of the 17th century Sher-Dor Madrasah's majolica tile facade in Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The project aligns with UNESCO requirements and existing best practices, involving both local and international experts. The award has an initial performance...
This $109,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the U.S. Department of State under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The grant will fund the conservation and preservation of the ancient Thuparama Image House, a historic architectural masterpiece located at the Polonnaruwa World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka. The project aims to protect this culturally significant monument for future generations as a cultural,...
This $505,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to The Global Diversity Foundation, Inc. on October 1, 2024 under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The funding will support the rebuilding and restoration of five types of tangible cultural heritage structures in the High Atlas region of Morocco that are intrinsically linked to the region's intangible cultural heritage and agricultural livelihoods. The project is scheduled...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The grant aims to initiate a systematic and interdisciplinary approach to comprehensively document Bangladesh's rich architectural heritage through characteristic case studies from three significant historical periods. The project will engage...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program, provides $244,966 to support the conservation of the Lumbini Museum collection in Lumbini, Nepal. The grant will fund activities to preserve this significant cultural heritage, including conservation, restoration, documentation, and preventive preservation of the museum's artifacts and collections, which...
The federal Project Grant award of $196,000.00, issued on Jul 15, 2024 by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, supports cultural preservation activities under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. This grant will fund a project to preserve cultural heritage in the La Paz Department of Bolivia over a period ending on Jan 15, 2026. The project aims to protect archaeological sites, historic buildings, museum collections,...
The U.S. Department of State awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, for the preservation of ancient San rock art in the Matobo region of Zimbabwe. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, will support conservation, documentation, inventory, preventive care, restoration, and stabilization activities to preserve this important cultural heritage site and...
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) program seeks to secure and preserve important archaeological and ethnographic artifacts from the Jebel Barkal and Kerma regions of Sudan. The $200,000 award, effective October 1, 2024, with a final completion date of February 27, 2025, will fund activities to save these significant cultural heritage assets from looting and...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $494,047.54 Project Grant to Fundacion Erigaie through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The grant will support Fundacion Erigaie's work to develop a primary phase of preventive conservation focused on a detailed record and diagnosis of the Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia from September 2021 through August 2024. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to support...
The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, within the U.S. Department of State, awarded a $211,372 Project Grant under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, to support the conservation of ancient stone sculptures at the pre-Columbian site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. The 2-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will fund activities such as conservation, documentation, and stabilization of the cultural...