Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - Lebanon 2025
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- LBN-PDS-2025-AFCP
- Agency
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US Embassy Beirut
US Consulates and Embassies, Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $25,000 to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- City/Township Governments
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) is seeking applicants for its 2025 funding cycle focused on cultural heritage preservation projects in Lebanon. The grant program aims to support U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy goals, and can contribute to civil society development, cultural diversity, economic opportunity, and political stability. Eligible activities include conservation, restoration, documentation, and preventive care of cultural sites, objects, and traditions. Applicants must be non-commercial entities such as NGOs, museums, educational institutions, or government agencies that can demonstrate capacity to manage preservation projects. The two-round application process requires initial concept notes due January 3, 2025, with selected applicants invited to submit full proposals by April 17, 2025.
Awards for this opportunity range from $25,000 to $500,000, with a total available funding of $500,000. Priority areas include risk reduction and resilience for cultural heritage in disaster-prone or politically unstable areas, as well as post-disaster recovery efforts. Projects are expected to have a start date no later than September 30, 2025 and may have durations of 12-60 months, with performance occurring in Lebanon.
Synopsis
The State Department established the AFCP in 2001 at the request of Congress. At the time, the Senate noted that preserving cultural heritage offers an opportunity to showcase a different aspect of America - one that is non-commercial, non-political, and non-military. AFCP projects support U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy (PD) goals and can contribute to the development of civil society, promote cultural diversity and good governance, create economic opportunity, and help foster political stability.
Appropriate project activities may include:
· Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts.
· Conservation: Addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site.
· Consolidation: Connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site.
· Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format.
· Inventory: Listing objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristics.
· Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.
· Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.
· Stabilization: Reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| AFCP 2025 Announcement.pdf |
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