# Alumni Engagement

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/sfop0008437-alumni-engagement/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/336585

> Assistance Coordination offered grants of up to $6.3 million (at least $1.3 million) to businesses. It expected to make one award worth $6.3 million in total. Applications closed on January 21, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | SFOP0008437 |
| Agency | Assistance Coordination |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 21, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $6.3 million |
| Award floor | $1.3 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $6.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.500 |

## Who can apply

- For profit organizations other than small businesses

## What the grant funds

This award will focus on creating local and regional networking opportunities; providing professional development training; encouraging social and business entrepreneurship through small grants opportunities; and tailoring local outreach in coordination with U.S. embassies in the region to better engage MEPI alumni of the Student Leaders Program (SLP), the Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF), and the Tomorrow’s Leaders (TL). This opportunity furthers U.S. foreign policy priorities by strengthening ties with participants who share American values and interests. Further, this opportunity supports MEPI’s strategic framework of fostering partnerships between citizens, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and government institutions to promote shared solutions for the people of the Middle East and North Africa.

## Questions people ask

### Is SFOP0008437 still open?

No. It closed on January 21, 2022.

### Who can apply for Alumni Engagement?

Assistance Coordination accepted applications from businesses.

### What is the deadline for Alumni Engagement?

Closed January 21, 2022. 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 $6.3 million each. About $6.3 million in total for one award.

### Who has won Middle East Partnership Initiative grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University, The American University in Cairo. The program made 80 awards worth $115 million in that time.