U.S. Consulate General, Chiang Mai calls for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

U.S. Consulate General, Chiang Mai is pleased to announce that  the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State is  calling for proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2010. 

The Fund was established to help countries preserve their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures.  Since its inception in 2001, the Fund has helped preserve cultural sites, practices, and objects that are historically or culturally significant in Thailand and around the world, including the mural painting at Wat Baan Koh in Lampang (in 2005).
Proposals may be submitted in support of the following three types of projects:
 
A. CULTURAL SITES
B. CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS
C. FORMS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSION
For full application details, please visit http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/afcp2010.html
For information about the Fund, including the awarded projects in Thailand, please visit http://exchanges.state.gov/afcp/ 
The deadline for submitting applications is December 10, 2009.