# Eswatini- Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pas-mba-fy25-aeif-01-eswatini-alumni-engagement-innovation-fund-2025/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357500

> U.S. Mission to Eswatini offered grants of up to $35,000 (at least $5,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 3 awards worth $105,000 in total. Applications closed on February 15, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | PAS-MBA-FY25-AEIF-01 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Eswatini |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 15, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $35,000 |
| Award floor | $5,000 |
| Expected awards | 3 |
| Total funding | $105,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.022 |

## Who can apply

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

• Alumni who participated in a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program (list of exchange programs: https://alumni.state.gov/list-exchange-programs). • Alumni associations. • The proposed project must involve at least two U.S. government-sponsored exchange program alumni. • At least one of the alumni should be designated as the team lead. • If three or more alumni are applying together, U.S. citizen alumni may be included on alumni teams, but the team must have at least two non-U.S. citizen exchange program alumni. U.S. citizen alumni cannot be team leads on projects.

## What the grant funds

The Department of State, U.S. Embassy Eswatini, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) is pleased to announce the roll-out of the 2025 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF). The AEIF is an annual funding opportunity designed to invest in U.S. government-funded exchange participants and programs by helping alumni develop and implement projects that promote shared interests and policy objectives and benefit local communities. We invite you to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than two pages by January 15, 2025 for projects that meet the requirements of the program (discussed in Section C below). Applicants with competitive SOIs will subsequently be notified and invited to submit full grant applications.

## Questions people ask

### Is PAS-MBA-FY25-AEIF-01 still open?

No. It closed on February 15, 2025.

### Who can apply for Eswatini- Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025?

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

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

Closed February 15, 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. About $105,000 in total across about 3 awards.

### 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.