How much funding is available in total?

$35,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

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

FederalClosedFixed dateU.S. Mission to Ethiopia

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2026- Ethiopia

Award ceiling: $5,000 – $35,000
Closes: May 15, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-24

Awards $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing May 15, 2026.

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

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Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2026- Ethiopia awards $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing May 15, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $35,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $35,000
Award floor: $5,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: May 15, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Apr 1, 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: Community leadership projects · Projects advancing U.S. foreign policy priorities · Freedom 250 programming in Ethiopia
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

$35,000

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

$35,000

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

Education

Source field: industries

demographic

Alumni of U.S. government-funded or U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs

Source field: demographics

use

Community leadership projects, Freedom 250 programming in Ethiopia, Projects advancing U.S. foreign policy priorities

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

The following organizations are eligible to apply:• Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded or a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program. U.S. exchange alumni include Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA)-funded…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

May 15, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

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

Community leadership projectsProjects advancing U.S. foreign policy prioritiesFreedom 250 programming in Ethiopia

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

62 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Education, 62 of 178 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$162,500
Median$387,500
75th percentile$737,500

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $35,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: May 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?: Community leadership projects, Projects advancing U.S. foreign policy priorities, Freedom 250 programming in Ethiopia, 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

Retrieved2026-09-24

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-24

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