Description
The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) provides funding to alumni of U.S. government-sponsored and facilitated exchange programs to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. The U.S. Embassy Yerevan will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two alumni that support various themes, including civil society capacity building, community integration, gender equity, entrepreneurship, and social inclusion. The project should aim to bring alumni together from different exchange programs to build or expand an alumni network capable of working together on common interests and increase regional and global collaboration of alumni.
• The project must be led by at least two non-U.S. citizen exchange program alumni.
• The project must support one of the specified themes.
• The project must have a clear plan for monitoring and evaluation.
• The project must have a detailed budget and timeline.
• The project must demonstrate community support and involvement.