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Social and Behavioral Research Grants

Our Social and Behavioral Research Grants Program funds locally led research to explore the social and behavioral drivers of vaccine acceptance and demand in low- and middle-income countries.

Multidisciplinary teams design, pilot, and evaluate community-based and social media interventions and deliver contextualized evidence and approaches to improve vaccination uptake.

Our program encourages collaborative partnerships between academic researchers, health officials, and communities. Submitted proposals go through a rigorous selection process that includes assessment through an external, multidisciplinary peer review committee and a two-part internal review.

As part of the program, grant partners:

  • Use quantitative and/or qualitative methods to illuminate the social and behavioral dimensions of vaccination at multiple levels
  • Pilot and evaluate community-informed public health interventions to increase vaccine acceptance and demand, optimize vaccine delivery, and boost vaccine uptake
  • Share evidence-based recommendations for immunization policy, programs, and practice
  • Collaborate with other grant partners through the Grant Partner Coalition and share work through the Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (VARN)

$1.2M

Our grants program awarded over US$1.2 million to grant partners to support community-based research.

25

Since 2019, we have awarded grants to 25 research projects.

15

Our grant partners consist of a diverse multi-disciplinary group of researchers from 15 countries.

Hear From the Grantees

Video Narrative Project

See the grants in action

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In part one of our four-part series, we introduce the eight research teams funded by the Sabin Vaccine Institute that have been working over the past year to understand and address the social and behavioral drivers of vaccination acceptance, demand, delivery, and decision-making in their communities.
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In part two, we learn about the methodology – how they designed their studies and interventions to uncover the rich and nuanced findings we can achieve with social science and respect for community knowledge
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In part 3, our partners detail the emerging findings from their projects.
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Moving forward, what are the next steps to boost vaccinations in communities worldwide?

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