Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2024

The Embassy of the United States in Riga announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2024 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2024). We seek proposals from teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements below. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2024 should submit proposals to embassyriga@state.gov by February 1, 2024. In 2022, the United States and Latvia celebrated 100 years of diplomatic relations. Today, the United States and Latvia are strategic partners, committed to defending our achievements and ensuring that future generations will have the same personal liberties, human rights, and economic freedoms that we enjoy. Looking to the future, our alliance faces new challenges: disinformation and malign influence; hybrid attacks; transnational corruption and crime and social divisions that threaten our stability and security. The Embassy seeks alumni projects that will help our alliance adapt and be resilient to the challenges posed by these complex issues and result in an even stronger U.S.-Latvia partnership. We invite our alumni to submit a project that will advance this vision. Proposals must address strengthening the resilience of the U.S.-Latvia partnership through strengthening the role of civil society, NGO’s and other democratic entities/mechanisms, emphasizing media literacy and countering disinformation, shining the light on the fight against corruption, promoting entrepreneurship and Transatlantic-oriented Economic policies, affirming the role of NATO, as well U.S. and Latvia commitment to it. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Announcement posted: November 2, 2023 Closing date for applications: February 1, 2024 Funding type: Small grant awards Decision date: no later than June 30, 2024. Project start date: no earlier than August 1, 2024. Expected size of individual awards: Between $5,000 to $35,000. Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed by May 31, 2025. C.ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants: The following individuals are eligible to apply: · Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange program (https://alumni.state.gov/list-exchange-programs) or a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program...

Non-governmental organizations Civil Society organizations Individuals

Criteria for selecting proposals vary by awards supporting individual activities and are outlined in the solicitations for individual activities.