Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025
- Posted
- December 18, 2024
- Closed
- February 1, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $25,000
- Award floor
- $5,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 19.022
- Archives
- March 3, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 19.022 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $6M
- FY2026 obligated
- $19.5M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 1,379
Top recipients: Georgetown University, Individual Recipient, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Georgetown University, American Councils for International Education: Actr/accels, Inc.
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Luxembourg announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2025 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2025). We seek proposals from teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements below. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2025 should submit proposals to [email protected] by 1 February 2025.
Priority Region: Luxembourg
Program Objectives:
AEIF provides alumni of U.S. government-sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded nearly 500 alumni-led projects around the world through a competitive global competition.
U.S. Embassy Luxembourg will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support themes such as:
- Bolstering shared security and defense
- Advancing shared values, Advancing women and girl’s empowerment
- Reinforcing Democratic Values and Human Rights
- Engaging students in English and promoting Educational Opportunities
- Accelerating STEM and Climate Ambitions
- Fostering U.S.-Luxembourg transatlantic ties, particularly through our shared history
Please review the complete NOFO on the Funding Opportunities page on our website: https://lu.usembassy.gov/grants-program/ or in the related documents tab on the announcement on grants.gov for information on how to submit an application.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
The following organizations are eligible to apply: -Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange program or a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program (https://j1visa.state.gov/). -Projects teams must include teams of at least two (2) alumni. -Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals, but U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project. -Alumni teams may be comprised of alumni from different exchange programs and different countries. -Applications must be submitted by exchange alumni or alumni associations of USG exchange alumni. No other organizations are eligible to apply. Exchange alumni can partner with not-for-profit or non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to implement project activities. The grant can be issued to the individual alumni or the partner organization.
The official record
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