Opportunity Information: Apply for PAS 800 FY23 01
The 2023 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2023) is a small-grants competition run by the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia. It is designed specifically for alumni of U.S. government-funded or U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs who want to turn the knowledge and skills they gained during their exchange into practical, community-focused projects. The Embassy is looking for alumni-led, public service initiatives that are locally implemented in North Macedonia and that clearly advance U.S. Embassy priorities and broader foreign policy objectives, while delivering tangible benefits to local communities.
Projects must be proposed and managed by a team of at least two exchange alumni, and the application itself must come from a North Macedonia-based alumni association of U.S. government exchange alumni. While other nonprofits, NGOs, think tanks, and academic institutions cannot apply as the main applicant under this opportunity, they are allowed to participate as partners that help carry out activities. Alumni teams can be mixed across different exchange programs and even different countries, but the core requirement remains that the key staff and project team members are exchange alumni. U.S. citizens are not permitted to serve as the primary applicant, though they may participate as team members.
The program is focused on strengthening North Macedonia's democracy and supporting reforms that improve the country's reliability and capability as a U.S. partner. This theme is not optional: proposals that do not directly address this objective are considered ineligible. Within that overall priority, the Embassy encourages alumni teams to build projects around related areas such as reinforcing democratic values, promoting rule of law and anti-corruption measures, increasing social cohesion across ethnic and political groups and with regional partners, empowering youth, women, and other marginalized groups, countering disinformation, and fostering stronger ties between North Macedonia and the United States. All project activities must take place inside North Macedonia.
Funding is provided as a discretionary grant in the form of small awards, with individual award sizes expected to range from $5,000 to $35,000, and the maximum award ceiling listed as $35,000. The Embassy anticipated making about two awards under this announcement. Proposed projects are expected to be time-bound and achievable within a relatively short window: the performance period is twelve months or less, meaning applicants need a plan that can realistically be implemented and completed within one year.
The opportunity was posted on November 28, 2022, and applications were due by January 12, 2023, submitted via email to SkopjeGrants@state.gov. Funding decisions were expected no later than July 15, 2023. Cost sharing is explicitly not required, which lowers the barrier for alumni organizations that may not have matching funds available.
On the compliance side, applicant organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and maintain an active registration in SAM.gov, which is a standard U.S. federal requirement for organizations receiving federal awards. Applicants also must commit to equal opportunity employment practices and nondiscrimination for project beneficiaries, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. Finally, each applicant is limited to a single proposal submission, so organizations must prioritize their strongest concept and present it clearly within one application package.Apply for PAS 800 FY23 01
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to North Macedonia in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2023 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2023)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.022.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 28, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 12, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $35,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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