Muskie and UGRAD Alumni Small Grants Program

The Muskie and UGRAD Alumni Small Grants Program, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) or the US Department of State, provides grants to alumni of selected ECA-sponsored programs for community and professional development activities.

The purpose of the Muskie and UGRAD Alumni Small Grants Program is to further the professional development of ECA alumni. Grants are a maximum of $3,000 and allow alumni to do the following:

Initiate a public or community service program

• Launch a pilot program at a nongovernmental organization or academic institution
• Organize training programs or conferences for professional colleagues and/or other alumni
• Fund travel of US colleagues to eligible Eurasian countries for conferences, training programs and professional collaboration
• Development and publication of curricula, textbooks, or related reference or educational materials
• Publish public information pamphlets or brochures
• Conduct any other projects judged by the selection committee or ECA to be in the interest of program goals

Currently, alumni of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (MUSKIE) and the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) are eligible to apply. The Alumni Small Grant is competed two times a year.

IMPORTANT Note: Recently IREX learned that there is a Small Grants phishing scam through which applicants are requested to transfer money in addition to their ASG application. Please note that IREX never charges a fee for submitting applications. All applications should be submitted directly to local field offices.

For more information, e-mail us at alumni@irex.am call us or visit our office.