U.S.-Argentina Alumni Summit
🏛 U.S. Mission to Argentina
✓ Free, no account · Source: Grants.gov · Last verified Jul 27, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for organizations strengthening civic leadership and good governance in Argentina. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, think tanks, civil society organizations, and educational institutions. Projects must target U.S. exchange program alumni (YLAI, IVLP, Access, Fulbright) from public, academic, NGO, and private sectors in Argentina. The program focuses on responsible technology use, AI, and institutional resilience. Organizations must demonstrate capacity to recruit participants across Argentina's provinces and establish post-summit cross-sector partnerships.
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Program description
The U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires announces an open competition to strengthen civic leadership, good governance, and institutional resilience across Argentina. This program will organize a national cross-sector Alumni Summit to equip emerging leaders from the public, academic, and non-governmental organization (NGO) sectors with practical tools, strategic insights, and ethical frameworks regarding innovation, emerging technologies, and the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address institutional and societal challenges.
Applicants are encouraged to propose scalable models and sustainable partnerships that can extend program impact beyond the initial funding period.
1. Project Background, Goals, and Objectives
Rapidly evolving digital technologies are transforming governance, civic spaces, and public administration. However, navigating these shifts requires robust democratic leadership, transparency, and strategic frameworks to protect open information environments.
Argentina’s exchange alumni network represents a high-potential, multi-sector human network. While there is strong interest across public and civil society institutions in leveraging technological innovation, leaders require deeper exposure to secure, transparent, and ethical approaches to emerging technologies aligned with U.S. civic values. By building a high-value professional pipeline, this initiative provides a trust-based alternative to the transactional outreach of strategic competitors, reinforcing long-term bilateral collaboration and institutional excellence across Argentina’s provinces.
Project Audience(s): Primary beneficiaries must be alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs (including, but not limited to, YLAI, IVLP, Access, and Fulbright) residing in Argentina who represent:
• Public sector officials and municipal administrators.
• Academic researchers, faculty, and university leadership.
• Civil society practitioners and non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders.
• Private sector.
Applicants should clearly describe participant recruitment and selection, prioritizing geographical diversity across Argentina’s provinces.
Project Goal:
The project goal is to enhance regional stability and institutional resilience in Argentina by equipping multi-sector exchange alumni with the leadership skills, collaborative networks, and ethical frameworks needed to implement responsible technology and innovation, thereby strengthening good governance and safeguarding open information environments.
Project Objectives: Applicants should design projects that contribute to the following objectives:
Objective 1: Increase capacity in good governance, civic education, and responsible technology usage among at least 50 multi-sector exchange alumni within the program performance period.
Objective 2: Promote and oversee the establishment and formalization of at least three concrete post-summit, cross-sector joint initiatives or partnerships (such as joint private-NGO initiatives, new formal Alumni groups, or Binational Center-hosted programs).
Objective 3: Document a 20% positive shift in participant perception and commitment to upholding Freedom of Expression (FoE) in digital spaces and open information environments through rigorous pre- and post-summit assessment mechanisms. Expected Outcome: The initiative will result in a more active, interconnected network of next-generation Argentine decision-makers securely anchored to U.S.-aligned digital, professional, and ethical standards. Participating alumni (at least 50) will demonstrate an enhanced capacity to apply tools like AI responsibly to resolve societal and administrative challenges within their home institutions. Furthermore, the program will deliver tangible bilateral value by cultivating an environment that successfully promotes and fosters cross-sector collaborative initiatives. By establishing robust evaluation metrics that capture a minimum 20% shift in participant alignment with open information environments and free speech principles, the project ensures the domestic network is equipped with the critical tools to naturally out-compete alternative, transactional outreach from strategic adversaries.
2. Substantial Involvement
This award is expected to be a cooperative agreement because the U.S. Embassy anticipates substantial involvement in program implementation.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- Project Narrative (proposal)
- Budget and Budget Narrative
- Organizational capacity statement
- Evidence of eligibility (501(c)(3) status or equivalent for nonprofits)
- Participant recruitment and selection plan
- Pre- and post-summit assessment design
- Partnership MOU or letters of intent from cross-sector partners
Program contact
- 👤 Esteban R Carbone Resource Coordination Specialist
- 📧 US-ArgentinaGrants@state.gov
- 📞 541157774751
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 19.040 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$4,682,072
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$3,371,312
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$2,650,000
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$2,446,525
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$2,050,500
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$1,861,451
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$1,700,000
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$1,565,795
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$1,500,000
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$1,480,000
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 19.040). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2018 | $129,428,262 | |
| 2019 est. | $34,549,598 | |
| 2020 | $129,979,440 | |
| 2021 | $128,999,999 |
FAQ
Who is eligible to apply for this grant?
Not-for-profit organizations, think tanks, civil society organizations, public and private educational institutions, and public international organizations can apply. Your organization must be based in or partnering with entities in Argentina.
What is the funding range and deadline?
Awards range from $50,000 to $100,000 with a fixed deadline of August 20, 2026. This is a competitive grant with a total funding pool of $100,000.
What activities must the project include?
Projects must organize an alumni summit targeting at least 50 U.S. exchange alumni across sectors. You must establish three cross-sector partnerships and demonstrate a 20% positive shift in participant attitudes toward freedom of expression in digital spaces.
How competitive is this grant?
This is highly competitive. Limited funding ($100,000 total) will support one or two awards. Strong proposals clearly show participant recruitment strategy, provincial diversity, and measurable outcomes.
Is cost sharing required?
No cost sharing is required. However, proposals describing sustainable partnerships and scalable models that extend impact beyond initial funding will be more competitive.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Prioritize participant diversity across Argentina's provinces from day one. Include a detailed recruitment and selection plan identifying how you'll reach alumni in underrepresented regions.
- Design measurable pre- and post-summit assessment tools. Document the 20% positive shift in freedom of expression commitment with specific metrics and evaluation methodology.
- Build partnerships into your proposal design, not as an afterthought. Identify three potential cross-sector joint initiatives before you apply and describe how the summit will formalize them.
- Emphasize alignment with U.S. civic values around transparency, democracy, and responsible technology. Frame AI and innovation within ethics, not just capability-building.
- Show sustainability beyond the grant period. Describe how alumni networks, partnerships, and initiatives will continue and generate ongoing impact after funding ends.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Proposals fail when participant recruitment lacks provincial diversity or targets only capital-based alumni. Summit designs without concrete partnership mechanisms or exit strategies for cross-sector collaboration rarely advance. Applications underestimating the rigor required for pre/post assessment and the 20% perception shift metric are rejected.
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