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LBN-PDS-2025-AEIF: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund - Lebanon 2025

Closed Closed January 30, 2025 Opportunity LBN-PDS-2025-AEIF

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Lebanon notices from 2024.

U.S. Mission to Lebanon offered grants of up to $35,000 (at least $5,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 2 awards. Applications closed on January 30, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed November 25, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

U.S. Mission to Lebanon has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
LBN-PDS-2026-AEIFApril 16, 2026Closed May 18, 2026Closed

Key dates

PostedNovember 25, 2024
DeadlineJanuary 30, 2025
Archived by Grants.govMarch 1, 2025

Who can apply

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

Alumni of Department of State exchange programs

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The Public Diplomacy Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon invites past participants (Alumni) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government sponsored exchange programs to submit their concept notes for possible funding through the 2025 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2025). The concept notes should be comprised of a proposal from teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements below and a budget (see Section D below for required documents). Exchange alumni interested in applying for funding under this statement of interest should submit proposals with a completed budget to PDBeirutGrants@state.gov by January 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard time. 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 Beirut will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support the themes of promoting good governance, promoting experiential learning to support social cohesion and recovery, fostering social entrepreneurship, and protecting cultural heritage. Proposals with accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion components are highly encouraged. Proposals that do not address the theme as outlined in the program objectives will be deemed ineligible. All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories

Category: Other.

Who has won Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (19.022) awarded $57.2 million across 3,361 grant awards, an average of $17,021 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees431$9.9 million
Georgetown UniversityDistrict of Columbia4$1.6 million
Persatuan Gaya Hidup Lestari Biji Biji Kuala Lumpur7$1.1 million
American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc.District of Columbia24$817,659
Protea Owl Foundation9$665,582

Top states: District of Columbia ($3.3 million), New York ($1.3 million), California ($903,401), Pennsylvania ($841,676), Maine ($462,038).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is LBN-PDS-2025-AEIF still open?

No. It closed on January 30, 2025.

Who can apply for Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund - Lebanon 2025?

U.S. Mission to Lebanon accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund - Lebanon 2025?

Closed January 30, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $35,000 each.

Who has won Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Georgetown University, Persatuan Gaya Hidup Lestari Biji Biji Kuala Lumpur. The program made 3,361 awards worth $57.2 million in that time.

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