ClosedOpportunity OFOP0001693

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025)

U.S. Mission to Qatar · Department of State

At a glance

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025) is a closed federal other opportunity from U.S. Mission to Qatar (Department of State). The application deadline was February 1, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $5K – $35K, with about 2 awards expected and $70K in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 19.022 (Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Nov 27, 2024Posted
Feb 1, 2025Application deadline

Posted: Nov 27, 2024
Close date: Feb 1, 2025
Award floor: $5,000
Award ceiling: $35,000
Est. total funding: $70,000
Expected awards: 2
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Other
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

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.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)

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Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

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.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

19.022Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas GrantsProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 19.022

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$9.94M

FY25

$9.94M

FY26

$9.94M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 19.022. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 19.022

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 1,807 grant awards had funding actions under Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT$6.31M
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$4.7M
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$3.89M
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$1.57M
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.$1.28M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

U.S. Mission to Qatar
703-516-1684

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025)”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025)”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $5k – $35k, total estimated program funding is $70,000 and the agency expects to make about 2 awards.

How do I apply for “Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2025 (AEIF 2025)”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity OFOP0001693), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 19.022