Closed · 1-2026 · CFDA 19.022 · Discretionary

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Italy, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$35K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 3, 2026
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Italy that offered $5,000 -- $35,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 2 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Italy.

$5K-$35K
award range
Closed
application status
19.022
CFDA program
2
other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Italy

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 3, 2026. CFDA 19.022 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $5,000 -- $35,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 3, 2026

Posted Apr 3 Closes May 3

Instrument

Grant

Description

Project Background, Goals, and Objectives: As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this NOFO leverages the Freedom 250 milestone as a strategic opportunity to highlight American leadership, innovation, and freedom of expression. The anniversary provides a timely platform to celebrate 250 years of U.S. excellence while reinforcing contemporary foreign policy priorities, including strengthening bilateral partnerships between the U.S. and Italy, expanding commercial relations, and building citizen diplomacy ties between Americans and Italians. Proposed projects must demonstrate how Freedom 250 themes—American independence, leadership, and individual excellence—will be integrated into program activities in a visible and substantive way. In addition, all proposals must include at least one of the following required components:· Convene alumni from different U.S. government exchange programs to build or expand an alumni network capable of working together on shared interests and increasing regional and global collaboration. Each proposal must include at least two exchange alumni or the involvement of a recognized alumni association.· Strengthen the relationship between alumni and the U.S. government by creating structured opportunities to collaborate on activities that advance shared strategic goals and address common challenges.· Support alumni in developing their leadership capacity and implementing community-based projects that demonstrate measurable impact and advance Freedom 250 objectives. A few examples of previously successful projects include: a Digital Social Reading program and convening scholars through a colloquium on U.S.–Italy literary exchange and a Hackathon to power start-ups in southern Italy. These projects demonstrated that combining alumni experts with emerging leaders in their fields produced stronger and more sustainable impact than standalone public events. Building on these lessons, similar initiatives can leverage Freedom 250 to expand alumni involvement, strengthen institutional partnerships, and generate measurable academic outcomes aligned with U.S. policy goals.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 1-2026

Grants.gov marks Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Italy book (2 peers, 67% of 3).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

raissa brighi Grantor Phone 3480027102

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