Opportunity ID: 331308

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: ROMENOFO001DOSEUR
Funding Opportunity Title: AEIF 2021
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 19.040 — Public Diplomacy Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Feb 04, 2021
Last Updated Date: Feb 04, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 28, 2021
Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 28, 2021
Archive Date: Mar 30, 2021
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $50,000
Award Floor: $10,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Alumni

Additional Information

Agency Name: U.S. Mission to Italy
Description:

AEIF provides alumni of U.S.-sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded nearly 500 alumni-led projects around the world through a competitive global competition.

The U.S. Mission to Italy will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni from across Italy. The Mission will choose up to one proposal per Consular district as represented by the Embassy in Rome and the Consulates in Milan, Naples, and Florence to submit to the Department of State in Washington, DC, for further consideration. (see: E. Review and Selection Process.)

Competitive proposals will support the following goals:

 

  • Countering disinformation
  • Diversity and inclusion:  targeting marginalized communities  and promoting  participatory democracy. 
  • Countering gender-based violence
  • STEAM (Science Technology Engineering, Arts and Math)
  • Innovation and design in sustainable development

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

PA Italy
Email:italyalumni@state.gov

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