2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The U.S. Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Diplomacy Section announces the 2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), an annual funding opportunity designed to invest in U.S. government-funded exchange participants and programs by helping alumni develop and implement projects that promote shared interests and policy objectives and benefit local communities. All AEIF projects must celebrate and promote Freedom 250 – the celebration of the United States' 250th birthday – and align with policy goals such as making the United States safer, stronger, and more prosperous, celebrating American excellence, or defending freedom of speech.

Details

• Agency: U.S. Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Department: Department of State
• Opportunity #: BH-001-FY2026
• Expected Awards: 2
• Instrument: grant

Eligibility

Alumni who participated in a U.S. government-sponsored exchange program where the proposed project involves at least two U.S. government-sponsored exchange program alumni, and one is a specified team lead; Alumni associations from countries with current U.S. representation (must specify an alumni team lead); If three or more alumni are applying together, U.S. citizen alumni may be included on alumni teams, but the team must have at least two non-U.S. citizen exchange program alumni (U.S. citizen alumni cannot be team leads on project proposals).