AAUW International Project Grants 2024/2025 (up to $10,000)

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About AAUW International Project Grants

These grants equip and empower alumnae to do so within the context of their home countries and communities by making funding available to them in order to apply their academic expertise and leadership skills in a way that has a direct, positive impact on women and girls.

 

• Sponsor Organisation: American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Benefits of AAUW International Project Grants

A grant of up to $10,000 is provided.

AAUW International Project Grants Requirements

International Project Grants are awarded exclusively to individuals.

• Applicants must be or identify as a woman
• Applicants must be an AAUW International Fellowship alumna and have successfully completed the academic program for which they received a fellowship and all related reporting requirements by June 30th of the year of application.
• Applicants must reside and implement the proposed project in their home country for the duration of the grant period.
• Applicants must be the primary project director, with control over all programmatic, budgetary, administrative and editorial decisions.

Citizenship & Immigration Status

Grant recipients must be non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Disqualifying Factors

The following are not eligible for consideration:

• Members of the AAUW Board of Directors
• Employees of AAUW, including paid or unpaid, part-time or temporary employees, consultants, interns and contract employees.
• Review Panelists
• Immediate families (i.e., spouses and dependent children) of individuals described in the points above
• AAUW International Fellows who did not successfully complete the academic program for which they received a fellowship, and/or who did submit all required reporting in connection with their fellowship.
• Previous AAUW International Project Grant recipients

Selection Criteria

• A project’s clear alignment with advancing equity for women and girls and ability to directly and positivity impact these stakeholder groups.
• Strength of project rationale – the project meets a demonstrable local need
• A clear project design with specific target outcomes and proposed activities and outputs logically connected to the project’s goals.
• Project proposals must reflect how community/stakeholder participation is considered in the project’s design.
• Demonstrated capacity of the alumna to deliver quality programming and meet established goals and the feasibility of in a time frame and within a budget that is hat is feasible and reflects stakeholder participation
• Reflect a commitment to learning and evaluation by (1) incorporating monitoring/evaluation methods that enable assessment of project outcomes; and (2) describing how results and/or learnings from project implementation with stakeholders and/or the communities which the project intends to serve.

Application Date and Process

International Scholarship & Tuition Services (ISTS) serves as the application portal for AAUW International Project Grants. Please follow the steps below to start the application process:

1. Review the eligibility criteria to ensure you are eligible
2. Click the Apply Now button below to access the application and create an ISTS account. If a program key is requested, please use the following program key: AAUW-IPG
3. Follow the instructions provided in the Applicant Guide.

For any inquiries related to the application process or if you encounter technical issues, please contact [email protected] or call (866) 795-4892.

Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Selection Process

Applications to the International Project Grants are reviewed by panels of distinguished scholars and experts in international development.

Application Requirements

Applicants are required to submit a narrative project proposal and supporting budget.

Narrative Project Proposal

The required narrative project proposal includes the following components:

• Abstract
• Rationale (Need Statement)
• Description of Community
• Project Description
• Community Partners
• Project Evaluation

Project Budget

An accurate, itemized budget for the proposed project is required, accompanied by a budget narrative.

Prohibited Costs

Please note grant funds cannot be used to:

• Fund salaries or stipends of the project director or other staff
• Influence legislation
• Influence the outcome of elections
• Carry out voter registration drives
• Finance fundraising activities
• Make grants to individuals or other organizations
• Pay for tuition or provide educational scholarships
• Renovate infrastructure or initiate building projects

Application Deadline

15 November, 2024

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