Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique is offering the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, a discretionary grant program for alumni of U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange programs to advance projects that commemorate America’s 250th anniversary and promote shared U.S.-Mozambique interests. Proposed projects should be led by teams of at least two alumni and focus on areas such as business, technology, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, agriculture, critical minerals, education, or arts and culture. Applicants must be exchange alumni or alumni associations, and the application materials require detailed organizational, financial, and compliance information, including legal status, UEI/SAM registration, accounting controls, written policies, and audit history. The award range is $5,000 to $35,000, no cost sharing is required, about two awards are expected, and applications are due April 30, 2026, through the Maputo PD Grants mailbox at Maputopdproposals@state.gov.
Eligible Applicants
• Applicants must be alumni of a U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange program • Projects teams must include at least two (2) alumni. • Alumni who are U.S. citizens may not submit proposals, but U.S. citizen alumni may participate as team members in a project.• Alumni teams may be comprised of alumni from different exchange programs and different countries. • Applications must be submitted by exchange alumni or alumni associations of USG exchange alumni. No other organizations are eligible to apply. Exchange alumni can partner with not-for-profit or non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to implement project activities. The grant can be issued to the individual alumni or the partner organization; however, the project must be led by the U.S. Government alumni.