Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund
- Posted
- December 13, 2024
- Closed
- February 3, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $35,000
- Award floor
- $5,000
- Program funding
- $25,000
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 19.040
- Archives
- March 5, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 19.040 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- −$16.6M
- FY2026 obligated
- $13.6M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 3,426
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: Georgetown University, American Councils for International Education: Actr/accels, Inc., Meridian International Center, Individual Recipient, Inquirefirst
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Executive Summary
Priority Region: N/A
Executive Summary
The U.S. Mission to Lesotho announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded/sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2025 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2025). We seek proposals that meet all program eligibility requirements below, from teams of at least two exchange alumni. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2025 should submit proposals to [email protected] by February 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. SAST.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
The following are eligible to apply:
Individuals
Alumni Organizations
Cost Sharing or Matching
Inclusion of cost share is not a requirement for this opportunity.
Other Eligibility Requirements
The grant shall be processed with an individual, not an organization. Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov.
Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded exchange program (https://alumni.state.gov/list-exchange-programs) or a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program (https://j1visa.state.gov/).
Project teams must include at least two (2) alumni.
Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals but can participate as team members.
Alumni teams may be comprised of members from different exchange programs and countries.
Applications must be submitted by exchange alumni. Not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions are not eligible to apply in the name of the organization but can serve as partners for implementing project activities.
Applicants are only permitted to submit one proposal. Multiple submissions from the same alumni team will be deemed ineligible.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
The Department of State will entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a non-competitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. Department of State. This notice is subject to availability of funding.
The official record
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