Year 1 CoVAC Mini-Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of our Year 1 CoVAC Initiative Mini-Grants!

These schools each received $3,000 to increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence on their campuses in the fall using various peer-to-peer marketing and communication strategies, including implementing the Campus Vaccine Confidence Toolkit.

Alaska

Ilisagvik College

Alabama

The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Tuskegee University

Arkansas

Arkansas Tech University
Lyon College
East Arkansas Community College

California

Victor Valley College

District of Columbia

The University of the District of Columbia

Florida

University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Florida International University
Florida A&M University

Georgia

Wesleyan College
Clayton State
Point University
University of North Georgia
Dalton State College

Idaho

University of Idaho

Illinois

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Iowa

Des Moines Area Community College

Kansas

Kansas State University
Washburn University

Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky University

Louisiana

Southern Louisiana University
Grambling State University

Michigan

Delta College

Minnesota

University of Minnesota Duluth

Mississippi

Mississippi State University
The University of Southern Mississippi
Coahoma Community College

Missouri

Drury University
Fontbonne University
Missouri S & T
North Central Missouri College
Westminster College
William Woods University

Montana

Flathead Valley Community College
Montana State University Northern

North Carolina

Appalachian State University

Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

South Carolina

University of South Carolina Upstate

Tennessee

University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Texas

Our Lady of the Lake University
Prairie View A & M University
San Antonio College
Temple College
University of Houston-Clear Lake

Utah

Weber State University

West Virginia

West Liberty University

Wisconsin

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College

Our grantees represent the diversity of higher education. They are:


  • Located in 25 states
  • 41 public institutions
  • 9 private institutions
  • 10 community colleges
  • 11 two-year institutions
  • 39 four-year institutions
  • 9 Hispanic-serving institutions
  • 7 historically black colleges or universities/predominantly black institutions 
  • 2 tribal colleges or universities
  • 2 senior military colleges
  • 1 women’s college