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The Small Grant Opportunity for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Alumni provides YALI alumni with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to challenges facing their community. Proposals should support themes like• Strengthen Democratic Institutions and Expand Human Rights• Spur Broad-based Economic Growth and Promote Development• Advance Regional Peace and Security• Public Health Interested alumni must be able to demonstrate their capacity to receive and manage grant funding.Additionally, all proposals submitted MUST include a contingency plan in the event of lingering COVID19 health restrictions.
Funding Opportunity Number: AFADD-21-04. Assistance Listing: 19.040. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: Up to $5K per award.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). 1. Eligible Applicants Applicants must be YALI alumni, teams of two YALI alumni and alumni associations. Not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions are not eligible to apply in the name of the organization but can serve as partners for implementing project activities. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost-sharing is not required. 3. Other Eligibility Requirements An alum, alumni or alumni association is allowed to only submit one proposal. If more than one proposal is submitted by an alum or alumni association all proposals from that alum or association will be considered ineligible for funding. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $5K per award. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was August 27, 2021, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Yes — Small Grant Opportunity for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Alumni is offered by U.S. Mission to Ethiopia and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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