The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2021
U.S. Government exchange program alumni are invited to submit their proposals and compete for an award of up to US$50,000 to make their community project idea a reality and implement their program within their community!
Read on for more details.
- Proposals generally should be in the range of US$10,000 to US$50,000
- Alumni applicants may submit their proposals and budgets to: SingaporePASCultural@state.gov
- To submit proposals, all alumni applicants must use the official AEIF proposal (as either Word or PDF) and budget (in Excel) forms by Sunday, June 20, 2021
- When submitting, please follow the following naming convention or the title of the documents: Singapore_AEIF (Your Proposal Name or Budget).
For instance:
Singapore_AEIF_(Your Proposal Name).PDF or Singapore_AEIF_(Your Proposal Name). DOC
Singapore_AEIF_(Budget_Your Proposal Name).XLS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Each alumni team must use the official AEIF proposal (either in Word or PDF) and budget (in Excel) forms to submit its respective project application
- Each project proposal must include the involvement of at least two alumni or an alumni association
- Proposals may request from $10,000 up to $50,000
- Items valued at $200.00 or more must be itemized. Related costs should not be lumped together (i.e. lodging, meals, and per diem should be separate line items)
- Submitted proposal must include a clear explanation of how the project advances the U.S.-Singapore relationship by:
- Enhancing shared safety and security through a strengthened U.S. and Singaporean partnership
- Promoting economic growth, prosperity, innovation, and entrepreneurship
- Promoting mutual understanding and people-to-people ties between Americans and Singaporeans
- All project activities must take place outside of the United States and its territories
- U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project, however, there must be foreign alumni included in the project
- Projects may include alumni from different exchange programs and different countries
- All proposals must identify the alumni involved in the project (alumni’ names, which exchange program(s) attended, and when – MM/YYYY)
ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES AND COSTS
AEIF 2021 can support the following:
- Intra-regional or in-country transportation
- Rental of venues for project activities
- PPE and sanitizing equipment
- Meals/refreshments integral to the project (i.e. working lunch for a meeting)
- Reasonable costs to support virtual programming (i.e. subscription to Zoom, WebEx, camera/microphones for virtual meetings, mailing services, etc.)
- Trainer or speaker honoraria expenses (I.e. maximum $200/day fee, travel, lodging, per diem)
- Reasonable equipment and materials
- Communications and publicity materials, such as manuals or project advertisements
UNALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES AND COSTS
AEIF 2021 will not support the following:
- Any airfare to/from the United States and its territories
- Activities that take place in the United States and its territories
- Staff salaries, office space, and overhead/operational expenses
- Large items of durable equipment or construction programs
- Alcohol, excessive meals, refreshments, or entertainment
- Academic or scientific research
- Charitable or development activities
- Provision of direct social services to a population
- Individual scholarships
- Social travel/visits
- Gifts or prizes
- Duplication of existing programs
- Institutional development of an organization
- Venture capital, for-profit endeavors, or charging a fee for participation in project
- Support for specific religious activities
- Fund-raising campaigns
- Support or opposition of partisan political activity or lobbying for specific legislation
For more details on AEIF 2021, visit: https://alumni.state.gov/aeif