The 2017 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)

The Office of Alumni Affairs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

(ECA) is pleased to announce the FY2017 Alumni Engagement Innovation

Fund (AEIF) competition. AEIF offers alumni of U.S. government-sponsored

exchange programs the opportunity to propose innovative projects that address one

of five global foreign policy themes. Alumni are invited to submit project ideas

through the International Exchange Alumni (IEA) website

(https://alumni.state.gov) from March 2 - March 30, 2017. Finalist proposals will

be announced in mid to late May, and proposals selected for funding will be

announced in July. End Summary.

To learn more details about the new platform, other changes to the FY2017 AIEF

competition, or general information about the competition, please visit: Alumni

Affairs PD Toolkit.

Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration in the competition, alumni must be

registered and verified members of the IEA website. Alumni teams must include

at least three alumni. The team leader must submit a complete proposal and budget

using the online application form by the deadline of noon ET on March 30,

2017. Project proposals sent in via e-mail will not be accepted. At least one team

member must be from an ECA-sponsored exchange program and at least one

member must be a non-U.S. citizen. Proposals must be submitted by non-U.S.

citizen alumni and project activities must be executed outside the borders of the

United States.

Strategic Priorities: All submitted projects must address one of the five global

foreign policy themes below. Please note that these themes have been designed to

cover a broad range of possible projects supporting shared goals.

- Business Development and Economic Opportunity

- Civic Participation: Building Resilient Communities

- Cooperation in Science, Technology, Health and Energy

- Education and Inclusion: Pathways to Success

- Empowerment of Women and Girls

An individual alumnus/a can submit more than one proposal but should not submit

more than one proposal per theme. Alumni are welcome to submit projects that

involve partnerships across borders and activities in multiple countries.

Date:

Open Submission: March 2 – March 30, 2017

- Registered alumni are invited to submit project ideas and budgets (in English

only) through http://alumni.state.gov/aeif. This page will direct alumni to submit a

project through the new aeif.FluidReivew.com platform.

- As in previous years, there will be an enhanced AEIF Help desk with sample

projects, budgets, commonly asked questions and guides to the new platform to

help alumni successfully participate in the competition.

Good luck!