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The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025) is a competitive grant opportunity offered by the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) at the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown under the U.S. Department of State. It is aimed specifically at alumni of U.S. government-funded or U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs who want to take what they learned during their exchanges and turn those skills into practical, community-focused projects. Proposals must be submitted by teams made up of at least two eligible alumni, rather than by a single individual working alone.
The opportunity is focused on the Eastern Caribbean, with priority given to projects implemented in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The grant is designed to strengthen ongoing relationships between the U.S. government and exchange program alumni, reinforce foreign policy objectives, and showcase the long-term value of U.S. investment in international professional and academic exchanges. AEIF has a track record as a global alumni small-grants program, having funded roughly 500 alumni-led projects worldwide since it began in 2011, with awards made through a competitive selection process.
For the 2025 cycle, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown is looking for alumni-led projects that align with two main themes. The first theme is Climate Change Resilience and the Environment, emphasizing efforts that reduce climate-related risk and vulnerability in the region, build stronger resilience, and improve community well-being and the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond effectively to environmental and climate impacts. The second theme is Economic Prosperity, which in this context includes activities that promote economic cooperation and particularly support entrepreneurship and economic development in the Eastern Caribbean. Projects are expected to be innovative, locally relevant, and clearly connected to one of these themes, with a practical implementation plan led and managed by the alumni team.
This is a discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number OFOP0001675) listed under CFDA 19.022, with the funding activity category identified as Environment. Eligible applicants are individuals, but the program requires team-based submissions of at least two alumni. The maximum award amount is $35,000, and the embassy expects to make about two awards. The opportunity was created on November 6, 2024, and the original application deadline is February 14, 2025.Apply for OFOP0001675
- The U.S. Mission to Barbados in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 Call for Proposals" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.022.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $35,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Individuals.
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