Alumni Small Grants Program 2023/24

Kosovo United States Alumni officially announces the 2023/24 Alumni Small Grants Program, funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo. Subject to availability of funds, KUSA will award small grants of up to $10,000.00 to alumni of the U.S. Government-funded exchanges and training programs.

The program seeks to support alumni-initiated projects to improve Kosovo’s educational system, bring transparency to governance, reduce corruption, enhance democracy, promote inclusion and gender quality, grow its economy, and ensure sustainable development with a focus on green energy. Successful proposals will bring together alumni of U.S. government-funded exchange programs to work on a project and share with the Kosovo community the best practices and American values gained during their experiences in the U.S.

The application process consists of two phases: phase I and phase II. Phase I consists of a general application where the applicant describes the overall project idea. Shortlisted project proposals will be invited to submit a detailed application for Phase II.

Deadline for submission of application

October 22, 2023, until midnight

To be eligible for consideration for the Alumni Small Grant Program, applicants must meet the following respective criteria:

Be alumni of U.S. Government-funded exchange programs including, but not limited to, IVLP, OWLP, Fulbright, Humphrey, Ben Franklin, TLP, Access, YES, KYEP, UGRAD, Ron Brown, Marshall Center, KAEF, BridgeUSA Summer Work and Travel, etc.
Alumni must be registered members of KUSA.
The project team must consist of at least TWO alumni of any program.
Kosovo citizen, with permanent residency in Kosovo.

The Alumni Small Grants Program will be dedicated to projects targeted at topics such as:

The Alumni Grant Program does NOT fund projects such as following:

Alumni Salaries. Alumni can be reimbursed for their incurred expenses during project activities but cannot be paid for project implementation
Humanitarian or charitable activities, including direct social services to the public
Fundraising activities and campaigns
Projects/Events focused on personal career development
Organizations with political affiliation, affiliation to elected officials, or religious groups (Political or partisan activities),
Scientific research activities
Individual trips abroad
Trade activities
Health projects

How to apply?

Application materials
must be submitted by email to info@kusalumni.org. The subject line
of submission emails should follow this format: ASG Application “Project
Title.” For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, please email us at info@kusalumni.org. For detailed information, please read
carefully the instructions below.