Closed · OFOP0002656 · CFDA 19.022 · Discretionary

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 Call For Proposals

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

$5K-$35K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 8, 2026
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 Call For Proposals is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Barbados that offered $5,000 -- $35,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 15 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Barbados.

$5K-$35K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.022
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 8, 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 8, 2026

Posted Apr 14 Closes May 8

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Bridgetown and Embassy Grenada announces an open competition to implement a program to support the administration’s priority of Inspiring the Next Generation of Global Leaders. This open competition is for past participants (‘alumni’) of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to enable them to submit applications to the 2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2026). Proposals are sought from teams comprising of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements listed below. Exchange alumni interested in participating in AEIF 2026 must submit completed proposals to Bridgetownexchanges@state.gov by 11:59 PM (Atlantic Standard Time) on May 8, 2026. Program Goals and Objectives: The AEIF is a funding opportunity which is designed to strengthen the U.S. government’s relations with exchange alumni, advance foreign policy goals and highlight the US. government’s investment in professional and academic exchange programs. AEIF provides alumni of U.S. sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience and to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded approximately 500 alumni-led projects around the world through competitive global competition. This year, Embassy Bridgetown and Embassy Grenada through the AEIF 2026 will support the United States’ commitment of Inspiring the Next Generation of Global Leaders. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown will accept for review, projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that supports this theme.

Individual applicant lane · OFOP0002656

Grants.gov lists individuals as an eligible applicant type for Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 Call F…. This is a person-facing lane rather than a pure organization competition desk. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Barbados book (7 peers, 44% of 16).

Code 21
Individuals

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

Lisa Howell; bridgetownexchanges@state.gov

What to do next

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 Call F… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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