Opportunity Information: Apply for AFNIA 21 01
The 2021 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (Funding Opportunity Number AFNIA 21 01) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Mission to Niger (U.S. Embassy in Niamey). It is designed to support practical, community-facing public service projects that are conceived, proposed, and carried out by alumni teams rather than by the embassy itself. The core idea is to leverage the skills, networks, and local credibility of alumni to deliver measurable benefits in Niger while also strengthening connections with the United States.
The program specifically targets projects that are managed by teams of at least two alumni. While the notice does not list specific qualifying alumni programs in the excerpt provided, Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund opportunities generally focus on participants who previously took part in U.S. government-funded exchange or training programs and who are now applying what they learned to address local priorities. The emphasis on a team requirement suggests the embassy is looking for collaborative projects with shared leadership, division of responsibilities, and a structure that can sustain activities beyond a single individual.
The embassy indicates it will consider projects aligned with several priority themes. One major focus is strengthening economic prosperity by promoting innovation, fostering entrepreneurship, and improving the digital economy. Projects under this theme could include entrepreneurship training, support for small businesses, digital skills development, tech-enabled solutions for local services, or initiatives that help communities participate more effectively in the digital marketplace. Another priority is shared security, which may include community resilience approaches, efforts that reduce vulnerability to instability, or programs that build trust and cooperation among communities and institutions, provided they are structured as public service initiatives rather than operational security support.
The opportunity also highlights reinforcing democratic values and human rights, signaling interest in projects that encourage civic participation, transparency, inclusion, rule of law awareness, or protection of fundamental rights. In addition, the embassy is seeking proposals that improve ecological conditions, strengthen waste management, and/or mitigate environmental shocks and stresses. That can cover practical environmental projects such as community clean-up and waste reduction systems, awareness campaigns tied to behavior change, locally appropriate recycling or disposal solutions, climate adaptation activities, or small-scale interventions that reduce environmental risk and improve public health outcomes.
Finally, the fund explicitly prioritizes projects that foster Nigerien and U.S. ties. This theme points to public diplomacy goals: creating people-to-people connections, highlighting collaborative problem-solving, and sustaining alumni engagement in ways that keep relationships active between Nigerien communities and the United States. Proposals that naturally integrate outreach, partnerships, shared learning, or visibility components that deepen mutual understanding would fit well within this objective.
From a funding standpoint, the instrument type is a grant, with an award ceiling of $50,000 and an expectation of one award. This suggests a competitive process where the embassy likely intends to fund a single, well-developed project that strongly matches its priorities and demonstrates clear feasibility and impact. The opportunity is categorized under “Other” for the funding activity category (with clarification referenced in the full notice), and it is tied to CFDA number 19.040, which is commonly associated with public diplomacy and cultural exchange-related programming under the Department of State.
Key dates included in the notice are a creation date of January 25, 2021, and an original closing date of March 7, 2021. The timeline implies a relatively short application window, typical of many embassy-led small grants competitions, where applicants are expected to submit a concise but complete project plan, budget, and implementation approach by the deadline. The eligible applicant category is listed as “Others,” with additional eligibility details referenced elsewhere in the full announcement, but the central eligibility signal in the description is that proposals must come from teams of at least two alumni.
Overall, the 2021 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund in Niger is a small-grants program aimed at supporting alumni-led, high-impact public service projects that advance economic innovation, security and resilience, democratic values and human rights, environmental improvement, and stronger Niger-U.S. relationships, with up to $50,000 available for a single selected project.Apply for AFNIA 21 01
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Niger in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2021 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 25, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 07, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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