Cultural Property Agreements Implementation Grants

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: March 9, 2026

Archive date: May 15, 2026

Close date: April 15, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361423

Opportunity number: CPAIG2026

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Agency code: DOS-ECA

Award floor: $25,000

Award ceiling: $150,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Other
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:dos_eca
  • category_of_funding_activity:other
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the start of the 2026 program cycle for Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants (CPAIG). U.S. embassies in countries with cultural property agreements or emergency import restrictions may submit applications for projects to protect cultural property from looting, theft, and trafficking, or other security threats. The following countries are eligible under this opportunity: Afghanistan*, Albania, Algeria, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. *Note: Eligibility restricted to U.S.-based nonprofits or institutions of higher education working outside of Afghanistan to support the emergency import restrictions unilaterally imposed by the United States on archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan. Full implementation of the CPAIG 2026 Program is pending the availability of Fiscal Year 2026 funds. Application deadlines vary by U.S. embassy. Contact the U.S. embassy directly for application deadlines.

Cultural Property Agreements Implementation Grants
The Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the start of the 2026 program cycle for Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants (CPAIG). U.S. embassies in countries with cultural property agreements or emergency import restrictions may submit applications for projects to protect cultural property from looting, theft, and trafficking, or other security threats. The following countries are eligible under this opportunity: Afghanistan*, Albania, Algeria, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. *Note: Eligibility restricted to U.S.-based nonprofits or institutions of higher education working outside of Afghanistan to support the emergency import restrictions unilaterally imposed by the United States on archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan. Full implementation of the CPAIG 2026 Program is pending the availability of Fiscal Year 2026 funds. Application deadlines vary by U.S. embassy. Contact the U.S. embassy directly for application deadlines.
[Forecasted] Cultural Property Agreements Implementation Grants
Forecasted
Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Other
Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Others
2026-03-09