Social Science Research Council: Mercury Project

invites proposals to evaluate the causal impacts of online or offline interventions designed to increase demand for vaccinations consistent with national priorities, including childhood vaccines, HPV, polio, measles, and Covid-19 vaccinations, in low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Preference will be given to projects that:

1.     evaluate the effects of interventions on behavioral outcomes, including vaccination uptake;

2.     evaluate interventions that are designed and delivered in collaboration with governmental, NGO, and/or corporate partners;

3.     have demonstrated potential to be cost-effective at scale;

4.     include researchers and research institutions located in the countries in which the study is being conducted.

Funding: average grant size in the first cohort is US$ 650k, with a wide spread around the average. Duration: 30 months.

https://www.ssrc.org/programs/the-mercury-project/call-for-proposals/