2024 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2024)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- TASHKENT-PDS-FY24-001
- Agency
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US Embassy Tashkent
US Consulates and Embassies, Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $5,000 to $35,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
- Not on record
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Notice of Funding Opportunity announces a competitive grant program through the United States Agency for International Development to support economic growth and trade capacity building in Uzbekistan. Eligible applicants include universities, non-profit organizations, and for-profit firms operating in Uzbekistan, who may request funding between $500,000 to $2 million over two years. Applications are due by January 15, 2024 and funding decisions will be made by March 31, 2024. The agency seeks projects that strengthen trade facilitation and customs modernization, support small and medium enterprise competitiveness, promote regional economic cooperation, or develop workforce skills for target sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and information and communication technologies. Proposals should demonstrate strong partnerships with both public and private sector stakeholders in Uzbekistan and produce measurable outcomes within the two-year period of performance.
The program will award individual grants between $500,000 and $2 million to fund innovative projects expected to be carried out in Uzbekistan. Successful applicants are expected to complete project activities and achieve stated objectives within a two-year period of performance while based in Uzbekistan, with progress reported regularly to the United States Agency for International Development.
Synopsis
Other Eligibility Requirements
- To be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number issued via www.SAM.gov as well as a valid registration on www.SAM.gov.
- Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov.
FUNDING RESTRICTIONS
AEIF 2024 does not support the following activities or costs, and the selection committee will deem applications involving any of these activities or costs ineligible:
•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.
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