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PDS-BUJUMBURA-FY26-01: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2026

Closed Closed May 4, 2026 Opportunity PDS-BUJUMBURA-FY26-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$35,000
• Award floor$5,000
• Total funding$35,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

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)

The eligible applicants are: •Alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange program or a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program •Projects teams must include teams of at least two 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. Exchange alumni can partner with not-for-profit or non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to implement project activities. The grant can be issued to the organization of the alumni or the partner organization. The following organizations are eligible to apply:●Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations ●Public and private educational institutions●Individuals●Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

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 Bujumbura announces an open competition to implement a program to support U.S. policy objectives and promote shared interests. This alumni opportunity is designed to amplify the U.S. government’s return on investment in exchange programs and strengthen the U.S. government’s relationship with alumni. Projects must celebrate and promote Freedom250 and align with policy goals such as making the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperous, or defending freedom of speech.

Category: Other.

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