Safeguarding the Heritage of the Near East Initiative Collaborative Services Award | NEAPPD NEAPPD 17 001

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The Safeguarding the Heritage of the Near East Initiative Collaborative Services Award is a FY 2017 U.S. Department of State funding opportunity focused on documenting and assessing damage and preservation needs for cultural heritage in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. It is jointly issued by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy (NEA/PPD) and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/CHC). The award is offered through an open competition, with funding contingent on the availability of appropriated funds, and it is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the government expects to have ongoing involvement in the project rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal participation.

The central purpose of the project is a research-driven effort to develop comprehensive documentation of current conditions at cultural heritage sites and to identify future preservation requirements across the targeted countries and conflict-affected areas. The scope is broad and is not limited to famous archaeological sites. It explicitly seeks data on how the ongoing crises have affected heritage places more generally, including museums and their collections, libraries and archival holdings, historic structures, and the administrative infrastructure that normally supports heritage management and protection. In practical terms, proposals are expected to produce an organized body of evidence describing what has been harmed, what is at risk, where gaps in information remain, and how conditions are changing over time, including identifying new developments and emerging areas of concern.

Beyond documenting impacts, the opportunity also emphasizes planning and actionable recommendations. The project is expected to translate findings into plans and guidance for preservation actions, with a particular focus on recommending privately funded short-term and long-term preservation efforts. This indicates the government is not only seeking a snapshot assessment, but also a set of practical pathways that philanthropic donors, NGOs, universities, and other non-governmental partners could use to prioritize interventions, coordinate support, and sustain preservation work over time. The requested outputs therefore likely include analytical reporting, prioritization frameworks, and concrete recommendations aimed at mobilizing or guiding non-federal resources.

Eligibility is limited to U.S. organizations, with emphasis on nonprofit capacity and institutional credibility. Eligible applicants include U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and U.S. nonprofit organizations recognized under 26 USC 501(c)(3) (excluding higher education institutions in that specific category listing), with an additional eligibility category noted as "Others" subject to clarification in the full announcement. The funding opportunity is categorized as discretionary and falls under an education-related federal assistance activity category, with CFDA number 19.021.

Financially, the competition anticipates a single award with an award ceiling of $900,000. The funding opportunity number is NEAPPD 17 001. The opportunity was posted on November 3, 2016, with an original application deadline of December 14, 2016. Overall, this award is designed to support a high-impact, research-based heritage documentation and needs-assessment initiative that can inform preservation priorities and catalyze privately funded heritage protection and recovery efforts in some of the most crisis-affected cultural landscapes in the Near East and North Africa.

• The Department of State, NEA Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Safeguarding the Heritage of the Near East Initiative Collaborative Services Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.021.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 03, 2016.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 14, 2016 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $900,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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