Department of State Grant for Exchange Alumni Initiatives

Support to Chile’s COVID-19 response: projects that can be rapidly implemented to respond to community needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not limited to assistance to first responders, public health campaigns/informational videos, teaching and training support, etc. These projects must have a strong public outreach component.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Projects that foster entrepreneurship during and after the COVID-19 global pandemic, improve the business climate, and corporate social responsibility. (Priority: projects that multiply the number of women and minority small business owners, including social impact investment.)
Civil Society and Social Inclusion: Projects that promote civil society by supporting human rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women, diversity and social inclusion, community resilience, and that can improve the lives of at-risk populations, women, or marginalized communities during or after COVID-19. (Priority: equal rights and opportunities for immigrants, LGBTI individuals, people with disabilities, indigenous communities, and racial minorities, as well as civic education);
Media Literacy: Projects that combat disinformation, by promoting press freedom that improves the quality of investigative journalism and transparency during or after COVID-19.
Fostering U.S.-Chile cooperation in science and technology (priority: renewable energy, women in STEM and regional initiatives) during or after COVID-19.
English and Education: Expanding English language proficiency (priority: reaching public schools, higher education students, and young professionals with an emphasis on improving conversational English and English for STEM fields) during and after COVID-19.
Typical project activities include:

Virtual events by U.S. experts or roundtable discussions by U.S. experts with counterparts in Chile;
Awareness campaigns or online courses
Activities focused on English promotion, such as conversation clubs, coding camps, academic writing programs, and English for specific purposes;
Projects that showcase one or more U.S. models, best practices, or curriculums;
Innovative uses of social media or virtual interaction to expand and amplify impact;
Creative projects that advance one or more of the priority areas.