Announcing a Call for Proposals for the 2008 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2007      

The United States Embassy in Sofia is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2008 competitive, worldwide program for the preservation of cultural heritage - The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.

AFCP supports preservation projects in the following three categories:

• Objects and collections of objects from a museum, site, archive, or similar institution
• Cultural sites - historic buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites
• Forms of traditional cultural expression - documenting and audiovisual recording of traditional music, dance forms, or storytelling as part of a traditional expression

The average amount of the grant is $32,000 USD.

Grantees must be: a non-governmental organization, museum, ministry of culture,
or similar institution.

The deadline for submitting project proposals is January 14, 2008.

Further information about the specific proposal requirements and where to send the proposals can be found by clicking the link on the center right side of the screen.