# NIH Reporter #5U48DP006839-03

Engaging school communities to prevent exemptions to kindergarten vaccination mandates

**Recipient:** University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

**Award Amount:** $350,000.00
**Ceiling:** $350,000.00

**Awarded:** August 14, 2026

**Identifier:** 5U48DP006839-03

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill received funding for research to understand and prevent kindergarten vaccine mandate exemptions through school-community partnerships.

### Description

The project will partner with school communities to study reasons for exemptions to kindergarten vaccination mandates and develop and pilot an intervention to reduce exemptions.

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