In 2016, the U.S. Department of State hosted its sixth annual Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) project competition. This year, alumni from more than 137 countries submitted 829 project proposals. The 61 winning teams in 51 different countries will receive grants of up to $25,000 each to support projects that focus on themes such as climate change and environmental protection, refugee resettlement, empowering women and girls, youth entrepreneurship and employment, and access to education. View all projects below. Alumni can log in to view individual projects.
View all the winning projects by category
Access to Education
Language Teaching: Acquisition and Practice - Afghanistan
Transatlantic Language Teachers - Cyprus
SMART - Shaping Math Accessibility Resources for Teaching - Dominican Republic
SAWA (Together) - Lebanon
The Mini Programmers Academy - Lebanon
MOJO Mobile Journalism, Show Me the Reality - Macedonia
Project-Based Learning for Rural Primary Schoolers - Madagascar
Model for Education and Business In Digital Center - Mexico
English Teaching Internship Initiative (ETII) - Morocco
E-nitiate - Morocco
Young Teachers Weekend: YOUTeacH National Launch - Philippines
Science Enrichment and Education for Development - Sudan
Civic Participation
Our Voice for Peace - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
Early Learning in Algerian Museums - Algeria
Social Engagement for Budgetary Accountability - Bangladesh
Youth and Media Literacy - Cambodia
One Cameroon Initiative (OCI) - Cameroon
DDD: Debate Dialogue, Discussion in Palestine - Palestinian Territories
We Serve….We Learn - Palestinian Territories
Involving Youth in Municipal Planning - Ukraine
Climate Change and Environmental Protection
Sustainable Development of Tibetan NGOs for E.P. - China
International Students Environmental Conference - Germany
Lighting Up Lives - India
Hack-a-farm Innovation Camp - Indonesia, Vietnam
Connect Dots: Rural Environmental Leaders Program - Mongolia
Sri Lanka Youth Climate Summit - Sri Lanka
Storytelling for Environment Justice - Taiwan
Mekong River Restoration Project - Thailand
Empowering Women and Girls
GeekGirls Workshop Tour - Burma
Healing to Empowerment: Story of the Manipuri Women - India
Write to Speak - Nepal
Women, Politics and Power - Pakistan
STAR Panama - Panama
Empowering Caregivers to Promote School Readiness - South Africa
100 Hands Initiative - Sri Lanka
Brave Girls - Vietnam
Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment
Female Founders Legal Clinic - Argentina
Empowering Cypriot Small-Scale Food Producers - Cyprus
Jovenes Pioneros - El Salvador
Tegus Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Ignite - Honduras
Youth Entrepreneurship Week - Indonesia
Proudly Lesotho: Basotho Entrepreneurs Forum - Lesotho
YBLN Employment Network - Nigeria
Entrepreneurship Tour Bootcamp - Senegal
ENTERprise your region - Slovakia
Turning Point Challenge - Spain
Human Rights and Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Populations
Unlimited Movement - Armenia
Stories for Change - Burma
LGBT Youth, Let’s Talk - Chile
Journalism for Diversity, LGBT News Agency - Colombia
Photo-Senses, Glances that Feel - Ecuador
Mapping Human Rights for Dialogue in Calais - France
Imagine Play for Arab Community - Israel
Doctors for Peace - Jordan
Blind Kids Lead Kids with Disabilities to School - Nigeria
Common Space, Common Issue - Poland
Learning to Include - Poland
Youth Justice Teen Court - The Bahamas
Eradication of Demeaning Widowhood Practices - Togo
Give Me a Hand for Refugees - Turkey
Tackling Child Trafficking through Creative Arts - Uganda
