Opportunity Information: Apply for ECA ECALMAQM 16 003
This discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number ECA ECALMAQM 16 003) was issued by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, through its Cultural Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/CU). The goal was to fund one U.S.-based organization to plan, produce, and manage the official United States presentation at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, running from June through November 2018. The Venice Architecture Biennale is widely regarded as a leading international platform for new thinking in architecture and urban planning, and the U.S. presentation serves as the nation’s formal representation within that global showcase.
The program invited proposals that would highlight the strongest and most forward-looking work in American architecture and landscape architecture. In practical terms, applicants were expected to develop a curatorial concept and an exhibition plan capable of communicating innovative ideas, exemplary design practice, and influential research or experimentation coming out of the United States. Because the Biennale is organized around national presentations and attracts substantial international attention, proposals needed to demonstrate both artistic and intellectual excellence as well as the ability to deliver a high-profile, professionally executed exhibition in a major overseas venue over a multi-month run.
Eligibility was limited to U.S. entities with the capacity to carry out a complex cultural project of this scale. Eligible applicants included U.S.-based nonprofit organizations (including those with 501(c)(3) status and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status), museums, galleries, visual and design arts centers, and schools of design and architecture. Institutions of higher education were also eligible, including public/state-controlled and private universities and colleges. The award instrument was a grant, categorized under Education and Humanities (with cultural affairs relevance under CFDA 19.415).
The funding structure was designed as a single, competitive award. The opportunity anticipated one award with an award ceiling of $200,000, meaning the project budget needed to be realistic and aligned with that maximum federal contribution while still meeting the demands of exhibition development, installation, and public presentation in Venice. The announcement was created on November 10, 2016, and the original application deadline was January 12, 2017, reflecting the long lead time typically required to curate, fabricate, ship, install, and publicize a national pavilion-style exhibition for the Biennale.
Overall, the opportunity functioned as a public diplomacy and cultural representation effort: it sought a credible U.S. partner to shape how American architecture and landscape architecture would be presented to an international audience, emphasizing originality, quality, and contemporary relevance while successfully managing the logistical and organizational requirements of participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale.Apply for ECA ECALMAQM 16 003
- The Department of State, Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the education, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Official U.S. Presentation at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy, June through November, 2018" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.415.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 10, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 12, 2017 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 $200,000.00 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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