FY25 Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants

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Opportunity number
CPAIG2025
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$25,000 to $150,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement, Grant
Category
  • Other
Eligible applicants
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is seeking applicants for the FY2025 Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants program. This grant opportunity provides funding to support the implementation of cultural property agreements and emergency import restrictions in 34 eligible countries, focusing on protecting cultural property from looting, theft, and trafficking. Eligible activities include training for law enforcement and cultural property managers, creating digital inventories, enhancing site security, and conducting public education campaigns. Applicants must submit a two-round application process, with concept notes due by April 30, 2025.

The grant awards will range from $25,000 to $150,000 per project, with a total estimated funding of $500,000 and an anticipated 5-10 awards. The projects can last between 12 and 60 months, with a start date of September 1, 2025. The places of performance are the 34 eligible countries with signed bilateral cultural property agreements or emergency import restrictions with the United States.

Synopsis

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This competition is organized through U.S. embassies in the 30 countries with which the United States has a signed bilateral cultural property agreement or where emergency import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material are in effect under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq), namely: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.


See the Related Documents tab of this Notice for full program information and application instructions.


Contact the appropriate U.S. embassy or consulate for specific application instructions and deadlines.

Files

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CPAIG2025-NOFO.pdf PDF

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