Opportunity ID: 357414

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: OFOP0001693
Funding Opportunity Title: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025)
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Other
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Category Explanation: build and expand alumni networks; supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and STEM fields; and encouraging youth to participate in civic life through social entrepreneurship
Expected Number of Awards: 2
Assistance Listings: 19.022 — Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Nov 27, 2024
Last Updated Date: Nov 27, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2025
Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2025
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $70,000
Award Ceiling: $35,000
Award Floor: $5,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants must be Qatari citizen or Third Country Nationals who are based in Qatar.
Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange program (https://j1visa.state.gov/).
Projects teams must include at least two (2) alumni.
Team members can be members of more than one project. A team member can be part of multiple teams.
Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals, but they can participate as team members in a project.
Alumni teams may be comprised of alumni from different exchange programs and different countries.
Exchange alumni can partner with not-for-profit or non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to implement project activities. The grant can be issued to the individual alumni or the partner organization.

Additional Information

Agency Name: U.S. Mission to Qatar
Description: U.S. Embassy Doha invites past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-sponsored Exchange programs to apply for the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025). Proposals must include teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements. AEIF provides alumni with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community.

U.S. Embassy Doha will accept projects proposed and managed by teams that include at least two (2) alumni and support the following objectives:

• Bringing alumni together from different exchange programs to build and expand alumni networks and to increase regional and global alumni collaboration.
• Encouraging the local population to act against Climate Change, including crafting creative solutions to environmental challenges, green energy, and climate change adaptation.
• Supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and STEM fields to expand economic empowerment of Women, Youth, and Underserved Populations.
• Encouraging youth to participate in civic life through social entrepreneurship, volunteerism, and community engagement.
• Encouraging students to choose the United States for their educational needs and for English language learning.

Proposals that do not address these objectives will be deemed ineligible. All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories.

Please follow all instructions detailed here and in the attached Full Notice of Funding Opportunity titled “Notice of Funding Opportunity AEIF 2025 – OFOP0001693.” Proposals that do not meet the requirements of this announcement or fail to comply with the stated requirements will be ineligible.

Link to Additional Information: Link to Opportunity in MyGrants
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

DohaGrants@state.gov
Email:-

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> AEIF 2025 Budget Form.pdf

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> Individual_SF424I.pdf

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> Notice of Funding Opportunity AEIF 2025 – OFOP0001693.pdf

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> AEIF 2025 Proposal Form.pdf

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> Individual_SF424B.pdf

Folder 357414 Full Announcement-AEIF 2024 -> Individual_SF424A.pdf

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