PUAN Grants
PUAN Grants
PUAN Grants are jointly administered by the U.S. Mission and the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN). These grants strengthen mutual understanding between the American and Pakistani people and encourages alumni to leverage their exchange program learning to put ideas into action to create meaningful change. The grants offer funding opportunities on a competitive basis, for initiatives that create impact at professional, organizational and community levels. These funding opportunities are open to the alumni of the U.S. Government-funded exchange programs.
- Thematic PUAN Grants capped at 1.5 million PKR (an increase from the previous 1 million PKR limit).
- Open Concept PUAN Grants capped at 1 million PKR (an increase from the previous 500,000 PKR limit).
- PUAN Connect Grants-to network and strengthen connections between PUAN members at the local and chapter level. These PUAN Grants will be capped at 250,000 PKR.
Please note that PUAN is currently not accepting proposals under any category. Please keep visiting this page and our Facebook (Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network | Facebook page) for latest announcements and deadlines.
Application Process
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Interested alumni should carefully review all opportunities, themes under Special Themes Category, and deadlines in the PUAN Grants calendar as advertised by PUAN office on this blog page as well as on Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network | Facebook page.
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Once applications are closed for each grant cycle, proposals are reviewed by the National Committee to ensure a fair, competent and objective assessment of their merit. The entire process of review and decision take up to two months from the application submission deadline.
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Once the application submission deadline has passed, the next two month are reserved for review, approval and funds disbursement process. Maximum time duration to complete all activities, including submission of closing reports, is four months, starting from the approval of grant date.
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Funds are disbursed in two installments; 70% of approved amount is released within two weeks of signing of Grant Award Document (GAD) and submission of Project Inception Report, while the remaining 30% is released after successful closure of the grant project.
Rules:
The applications for PUAN Grants should be made through the online portal: alumni.puan.pk
A complete application package must include:
- ASG application form
- Applicant’s Curriculum Vitae
- A 60-second video clip explaining the project.
Eligibility:
The eligibility for PUAN Grants should include:
- Applicant must be an alumnus/alumna of the U.S. Government-funded exchange program.
- Applicant must be registered with the PUAN Alumni Portal.
- Applicant must be 18 years or older