U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan announces Democracy Outreach / Alumni Grants Program 2019

Deadline: 25 April 2019

The Embassy of the United States of America has announced the 2019 Alumni Grants Program with an aim to provide alumni with networking opportunities to further the professional development of alumni and their colleagues and to assist alumni in implementing and disseminating the concepts learned during exchange programs.

The purpose of this program is to provide grants to organizations that have USG alumni as members or to individual alumni for activities that support democratic advancement and economic reform in Tajikistan.

Themes

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe will accept proposals on the following themes:

Empowerment of people with disabilities;
Combatting violent extremism;
Civic Participation;
Conflict Resolution;
Access to Education;
Global Health Awareness;
Empowering Women and Girls;
Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment;
Climate Change and Environmental Protection;
Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Populations.

Funding Information

The amount of grants must not exceed $5,000 for organizations and $3,000 for individuals.

Eligibility Criteria

Alumni of all U.S. Government-funded exchange and training programs are eligible.
Funds may not be used for the following:
- To support projects requested by non-USG alumni organizations and individuals;
- To support projects relating to political activity, charitable activity and/or humanitarian aid, fund-raising campaigns, commercial projects and those that duplicate existing projects;
- To pay for international travel outside of Tajikistan, including travel to/from the United States;
- To pay for speakers traveling from the United States;
- To pay salaries and honorariums for alumni involved in the project;
- To support organization’s expansion or acquisition of equipment;
- To support infrastructural projects;
- Projects with a computer based English translation.