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FY25-PHL-AEIF: 2025 U.S.- Philippines Entry to the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) Competition

Closed Closed March 3, 2025 Opportunity FY25-PHL-AEIF ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Applicants must be organizations led by an alumnus/alumna 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/). Only the lead applicant is required to be a member of the applying organization. Project teams are encouraged to invite alumni from different exchange programs to be part of the project, as volunteers, speakers, facilitators, etc. Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals, but U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project. Application must be submitted by an alumnus/alumna. A non-alum staff member of the applying organization cannot submit the application.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants awards averaged $17,021; this notice allows up to $35,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines announces an open competition for past participants (“alum” or “alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2025 U.S.- Philippines Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2025). 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. This year PAS will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support one or more of the following themes: • Peace and Security o Conflict Mediation and Resolution o Resilience to ongoing and emerging security threats o Nonviolent Advocacy • Economic Prosperity o Digital literacy o Establishing Public-Private Partnerships o Social Entrepreneurship • Organizational Capacity Building for Alumni Engagement o Proposal writing o Organizational management o Budgeting/Financial management • Proposals that do not address the theme as outlined in the program objectives will be deemed ineligible. All project activities must take place within the Philippines. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION · Length of performance period: 12 months · Number of awards: 1-3 · Award ceiling: $35,000 · Award floor: $5,000 · Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement. This notice is subject to availability of funding. Funding Instrument Type: Grant, Fixed Amount Award (FAAs), or Cooperative agreement. Cooperative agreements and some FAAs are different from grants in that PDS staff are more actively involved in the grant implementation (“Substantial Involvement”). If a cooperative agreement or an FAA that includes substantial involvement may be used. Examples of substantial involvement can include, but are not limited to: • Active collaboration with the recipient in the implementation of the award; • Joint preparation or presentation of results with the recipient; • Involvement in the selection of program participants and scholarship recipients; • Approval of the curriculum and the structure of the Program; • Approval of the participants for the program.

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Applying now

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