Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

FederalClosedFixed dateU.S. Mission to Thailand

2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2026) - Thailand

Award ceiling: $5,000 – $100,000
Closes: Feb 15, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-30

Awards $5,000 – $100,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Feb 15, 2026.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Business & Commerce

In one sentence

2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2026) - Thailand awards $5,000 – $100,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Feb 15, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $100,000
Award floor: $5,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Feb 15, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Jan 8, 2026
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Support U.S. policy objectives · Promote shared interests · Celebrate and promote Freedom250 · Make the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperous · Celebrate American excellence · Defend freedom of speech
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

Not stated

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$100,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Source field: entity types

industry

Business & Commerce

Source field: industries

demographic

Alumni of U.S. government sponsored exchange programs from Thailand

Source field: demographics

use

Celebrate American excellence, Celebrate and promote Freedom250, Defend freedom of speech, Make the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperous, Promote shared interests, Support U.S. policy objectives

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Individual Proposal 1. Alumni who participated in a U.S. government sponsored exchange program from Thailand. 2. Associations of the alumni who participated in a U.S. government sponsored exchange program from Thailand. 3. Project teams…

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When does it close?

Feb 15, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

Support U.S. policy objectivesPromote shared interestsCelebrate and promote Freedom250Make the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperousCelebrate American excellenceDefend freedom of speech

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No

What comparable notices state

5 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 5 open records stored under Business & Commerce state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: $5,000 – $100,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?: Feb 15, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?: Support U.S. policy objectives, Promote shared interests, Celebrate and promote Freedom250, Make the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperous, Celebrate American excellence, Defend freedom of speech, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-30

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-30

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