The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2021

Deadline: 20-Jun-21

U.S. Government exchange program alumni are invited to submit their proposals and compete for an award of up to US$50,000 to make their community project idea a reality and implement their program within their community!

The U.S. Department of State’s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) project competition supports alumni initiatives that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges.

Funding Information

Proposals generally should be in the range of US$10,000 to US$50,000

Allowable Activities and Costs

AEIF 2021 can support the following:

Intra-regional or in-country transportation
Rental of venues for project activities
PPE and sanitizing equipment
Meals/refreshments integral to the project (i.e. working lunch for a meeting)
Reasonable costs to support virtual programming (i.e. subscription to Zoom, WebEx, camera/microphones for virtual meetings, mailing services, etc.)
Trainer or speaker honoraria expenses (I.e. maximum $200/day fee, travel, lodging, per diem)
Reasonable equipment and materials
Communications and publicity materials, such as manuals or project advertisements

Eligibility Criteria

Each alumni team must use the official AEIF proposal (either in Word or PDF) and budget (in Excel) forms to submit its respective project application
Each project proposal must include the involvement of at least two alumni or an alumni association
Proposals may request from $10,000 up to $50,000
Items valued at $200.00 or more must be itemized. Related costs should not be lumped together (i.e. lodging, meals, and per diem should be separate line items)
Submitted proposal must include a clear explanation of how the project advances the U.S.-Singapore relationship by:
- Enhancing shared safety and security through a strengthened U.S. and Singaporean partnership
- Promoting economic growth, prosperity, innovation, and entrepreneurship
- Promoting mutual understanding and people-to-people ties between Americans and Singaporeans
All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories
U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project, however, there must be foreign alumni included in the project
Projects may include alumni from different exchange programs and different countries
All proposals must identify the alumni involved in the project (alumni’ names, which exchange program(s) attended, and when – MM/YYYY)