Boosting COVID-19 vaccination among Alaska Native and American Indian communities
Official title: Alaska Native Communities Advancing Vaccine Uptake
Funded at Southcentral Foundation · NIH-11365754 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project partners with Alaska Native and American Indian communities to improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and help more adults get vaccinated.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Southcentral Foundation NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Anchorage, United States) |
| Project start | August 18, 2022 |
| Project end | July 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $650,253 |
| NIH project number | 5R01AI170946-04 |
| Project ID | NIH-11365754 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are Alaska Native or American Indian adults living in rural or urban Alaska who are willing to share vaccination information or take part in community outreach activities.
✕Less likely to help
People who are not Alaska Native or American Indian, who live outside Alaska, are underage, or who do not want to share information or participate are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this project.
What this research studies
You may be invited to share your vaccination status, experiences, and concerns through surveys or interviews so the team can learn what makes getting vaccinated easier or harder. The researchers will combine existing vaccination records with earlier survey and interview data to see where uptake is low. Working with Tribal health leaders and community advisors, they will create outreach and messages based on local values of relationality and respect. Those outreach efforts will be tried in different rural and urban Alaska communities and tracked to see if more people get vaccinated.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could raise COVID-19 vaccination rates and reduce infections and deaths among Alaska Native and American Indian people.
How similar studies have gone: Culturally tailored, community-driven vaccination programs have improved uptake in other populations, but few prior studies have specifically focused on Alaska Native and American Indian communities.
Where this research is happening
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Southcentral Foundation
Anchorage, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Beans, Julie — Southcentral Foundation
- Study coordinator: Beans, Julie
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.