U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2024 – Indonesia

AFCP aims to preserve archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts. Issuance of this funding opportunity does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the U.S. government.

Program Objectives

• The Department of State established the AFCP at the request of Congress in Conference Report 106-1005 accompanying H.R. 4942 (October 26, 2000). The Senate report on this bill noted that the preservation of cultural heritage “offers an opportunity to show a different American face to other countries, one that is non-commercial, non-political, and non-military.”
• The AFCP Program supports the preservation of publicly accessible archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections that are accessible to the public and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.
• Appropriate project activities may include:
  • Anastylosis (reassembling a site from 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 in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition)
  • Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state)
  • 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 only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
  • Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site)

Funding Information

• Length of Performance Period:  12 to 60 months
• Number of Awards Anticipated:  20 – 30 awards worldwide
• Award Amounts:  $10,000 – $500,000
• Total Available Funding:  $6 million per year (estimated worldwide)
• Project Performance Period:
  • Proposed projects should be completed in 60 months or less. The Department of State will entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a non-competitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the project, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. Department of State.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following entities are eligible to apply:
  • U.S. Institution of Higher Education
  • U.S. Non-Profit Organization (IRC section 501(c)(3))
  • Foreign Public Entity, where permitted.
  • Foreign-based Non-profit Organizations / Non-government Organizations (NGO)
  • Foreign Institution of Higher Education
• Cost Sharing or Matching:
  • There is no minimum or maximum percentage of cost participation required for this competition. When an applicant offers cost sharing, it is understood and agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost sharing as stipulated in its application and later included in an approved agreement.  The applicant will be responsible for tracking and reporting on any cost share or outside funding, which is subject to audit per 2 CFR 200. Cost sharing may be in the form of allowable direct or indirect costs.
• Other Eligibility Requirements:
  • The AFCP further defines eligible applicants as reputable and accountable entities that can demonstrate that they have the requisite capacity and permission to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage in Indonesia.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia.