Alumni Grant Program

This section of the website offers information and resources for U.S. Government-funded educational and professional exchange program alumni.

The U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs section offers a number of initiatives to support alumni outreach in Tajikistan.  It administers an annual Alumni Grant Program to support alumni-initiated projects aimed at promoting community service and the dissemination of professional knowledge.  The Public Affairs section also issues a quarterly alumni newsletter in order to spotlight alumni success stories, to share information on alumni-initiated activities and events, and to strengthen the network of all U.S.G. program alumni in Tajikistan.

You may contact Shafoat Mirzoeva, Alumni Outreach Coordinator, for additional questions or information: +992 37 229 23 14, MirzoevaSK@state.gov

The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to provide logistical management of the U.S. Alumni Network in Tajikistan (USANT) and implement the Democracy Outreach Alumni Grant Program in Tajikistan.

USANT is a program funded by the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy Section in Dushanbe  to provide logistical management of a network of alumni of U.S. government (USG) programs in Tajikistan.  USANT was created in 2019 with the goal of supporting and strengthening the USG alumni community to build upon the shared intellectual, social, cultural, and democratic values of the people of Tajikistan and the United States.

Please submit all application materials directly to the following email address: AlumniTajikistan@state.gov

Mandatory application forms:

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) provides alumni of U.S. sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded nearly 500 alumni-led projects around the world through a competitive global competition.