The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to support research to investigate programmatic interventions to increase uptake of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination among students attending institutions of higher education (IHEs).
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Objectives
The objectives include:
- assessing knowledge and attitudes about influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage and mandates among undergraduate students;
- identifying barriers and factors associated with likelihood of influenza and COVID-19 vaccine uptake;
- designing, implementing, and assessing the effectiveness of one or more approaches to increase influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among undergraduate students; and
- performing a cost-assessment of the intervention(s). The study design will be a include a pre- and post-intervention survey, randomized controlled trial of one or more interventions informed by a pre-intervention survey, and a cost-analysis of each implement intervention.
Target Population
- The target population of this research activity is undergraduate students attending 4-year IHEs, half of which have instituted a mandate for influenza or COVID-19 vaccination and half of which have not instituted a mandate(s). Only undergraduate students attending IHEs that do not have a mandate should be included in the randomized control trial. Those attending IHEs with and without mandate(s) in place should participate in the pre-intervention survey and only those attending IHEs without mandates should participate in the post-intervention survey.
- Recruitment of IHEs that are geographically, socio-economically, and racially and ethnically diverse is encouraged. The IHEs selected should, however, have similar key characteristics: 4- year institutes, proportion of students living in on-campus housing, and proportion of students enrolled in in-person classes.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $400,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 3 year(s)
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments.
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