Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025

AEIF provides alumni of U.S. government-funded/sponsored exchange programs with funding to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded over 500 alumni-led projects around the world through a competitive global competition. This year, AEIF 2025 will support the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through educational, cultural, and informational programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation.

The U.S. Mission to Indonesia will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support the following themes: 

·        Economic development

·        Environment sustainability

·        Protection of human rights

·        Improvement of public health

·        Community involvement in peace, security, and governance

·        Prevention of terrorism and radicalization

Activities that are not typically allowed include, but are not limited to:

·        Programs relating to partisan political activity;

·        Construction programs;

·        Programs that support specific religious activities;

·        Fundraising campaigns;

·        Scientific research;

·        Citizen exchange programs with foreign countries but without a U.S. angle;

·        Projects that include international travel;

·        Projects to create or develop web-based applications or any type of publication.