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OFOP0002656: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 Call For Proposals

Closed Closed May 8, 2026 Opportunity OFOP0002656 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to individuals.

• Individuals

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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

The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Bridgetown and Embassy Grenada announces an open competition to implement a program to support the administration’s priority of Inspiring the Next Generation of Global Leaders. This open competition is for past participants (‘alumni’) of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to enable them to submit applications to the 2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2026). Proposals are sought from teams comprising of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements listed below. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2026 must submit completed proposals to Bridgetownexchanges@state.gov by 11:59 PM (Atlantic Standard Time) on May 8, 2026. Program Goals and Objectives: The AEIF is a funding opportunity which is designed to strengthen the U.S. government’s relations with exchange alumni, advance foreign policy goals and highlight the US. government’s investment in professional and academic exchange programs. AEIF provides alumni of U.S. sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience and to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded approximately 500 alumni-led projects around the world through competitive global competition. This year, Embassy Bridgetown and Embassy Grenada through the AEIF 2026 will support the United States’ commitment of Inspiring the Next Generation of Global Leaders. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown will accept for review, projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that supports this theme.

Category: Business and Commerce.

Applying now

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