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PAS-PAN-FY24-AEIF: 2024 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund

Closed Closed January 31, 2024 Opportunity PAS-PAN-FY24-AEIF ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35,000
• Award floor$15,000
• Total funding$35,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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 alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored.• Projects teams must include teams of at least two (2) alumni. The grant can be issued to the individual alumni or the partner organization.

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

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. EMBASSY PANAMA Notice of Funding Opportunity A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2024 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2024). We seek proposals from teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements below. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2024 should submit proposals to pancultural@state.gov by January 31, 2024. Program Objectives: 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, AEIF 2024 will support the United States’ commitment to equity and inclusion through English-language education. U.S. EMBASSY Panama will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support themes such as: equity and inclusion through English-language education. - Building English Language Capacity to Improve Educational Opportunities - Economically Empower Women and Minorities through Entrepreneurship Programs - Foster Scientific and Technical Innovation through English Language Education Proposals must address equity and inclusion (supporting marginalized and historically underrepresented communities, including those in rural areas) and include an English-language component. Proposals that do not address the themes as outlined in the program objectives will be deemed ineligible. All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories. Eligible Applicants The following organizations are eligible to apply: · Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded OR sponsored. · Projects teams must include teams of at least two (2) alumni. · Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals, but U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project. · Alumni teams may be comprised of alumni from different exchange programs and different countries. · Applications must be submitted by exchange alumni or alumni associations of USG exchange alumni.

Category: Education.

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