TMA Grants to Help Your Practice Improve Local Vaccination Rates

Vaccines Defend What Matters is TMA’s integrated, multimedia public health education and advocacy effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination rates in Texas.

At a time when the public is hearing mixed messages about the safety of vaccines, Vaccines Defend What Matters sends a strong message from trusted physician leaders that choosing to be immunized against infectious disease safeguards public health, jobs, schools, and the Texas economy. 

As part of this effort, TMA Foundation (TMAF) offers grants of up to $3,500 to fund vaccination activities, educational resources, and community outreach events. County medical societies, TMA Alliance chapters, medical student chapters, and TMA member-physician practices/clinics can apply.

Eligible applicants are expected to be involved in programs or events that either directly provide vaccinations or promote vaccine education. Grants are not limited to but can fund shot clinics to vaccinate underserved and uninsured children, adolescents, and adults, events that educate the public about vaccinations, and/or outreach initiatives that address vaccine hesitancy.

Applicants whose focus is in areas of greatest need will receive priority funding. These include Texas counties with low immunization rates and high rates of conscientious exemptions.

Apply for a Grant   

A log-in is required for the TMA Foundation grant portal*. After creating an account through the grant portal you will be able to access the application. Applicants only need to apply once per grant cycle. Funding cannot be used to reimburse for previously held events or activities so applicants should apply in advance of program or event start date (if program or event is grant dependent). Grantees have up to 12 months from receipt to use all awarded funds. 

*If you have not previously applied for a grant, you may need to create an account. This portal is different from your TMA website login.

Funding cannot be used to reimburse for previously held events or activities, applicants should apply in advance of program or event start date (if program or event is grant dependent). Funds will be released within 2 weeks of notification and grantees have up to 12 months from receipt to use all awarded funds. 

Submission of a final grant report is required upon completion of the program or event. The grant report is used for both evaluation of the program or event’s measurable outcomes, and an opportunity for grant recipients to provide additional accomplishments toward local impact.  

Submission of a final grant report is required upon completion of the program or event. The grant report is used for both evaluation of the program or event’s measurable outcomes, and an opportunity for grant recipients to provide additional accomplishments toward local impact. For 2024, TMA wants to know how your program will “Change Lives for Better Health”, a theme for this year. 

Examples of the application and final grant report questions are provided to assist in your responses. 

• 2024 Application Example
• 2024 Final Grant Report Example

Questions? Email us for more information. You may also call our office at (512) 370-1412 and leave a message.  Additional TMA Foundation Grants

 THANK YOU to All Recent Grant Recipients

Round One

• Spring Branch Community Health Center
  The SBCHC will provide vaccines to uninsured, low-income children in need in the Spring Branch and west Houston area to assist in ensuring participating children’s immunizations are up to date before the start of school. Since 2012, SBCHC has administered 8,128 vaccines to 3,043 children through their Annual Back‐to‐School Vaccine Drive.  
• Lirios Pediatrics
  Lirios Pediatrics, in Austin, will host free Influenza and Covid-19 vaccine clinics for the uninsured children in Travis and Williamson counties. They aim to expand access to Flu/COVID-19 vaccinations for a high-risk population of uninsured children, aiding those who otherwise would not be vaccinated and protecting them and their families from disease.
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso
  Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso partnering with RotaCare Clinic's Influenza vaccine drive invites underserved and migrant adults to receive free flu vaccine. Along with vaccinations, the program will be providing bilingual education materials.  
• HOMES Clinic, Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston
  HOMES Clinic will provide Influenza, Tdap, pneumonia, and COVID-19 vaccines for the unhoused in Houston through three vaccine events. Partnering with Healthcare for the Homeless Houston, the HOMES Clinic hopes to protect the unstable housed through increase vaccination rates. 
• Bexar County Medical Library Association
  The BCMS Vaccination Outreach, Education and Partnership Program will provide vaccine education and address community vaccination hesitancy through their "Ask a Doctor" program at vaccination clinics and health fairs. The program will also reduce address an access barrier by providing vaccines for homebound individuals. 
• The Pediatric Clinic, PA
  The Pediatric Clinic, PA, in Mount Pleasant, will develop animated vaccine education material building on the trusted relationship between the clinic's pediatricians and the northeast Texas community, with the goal of pediatric patients completing the early childhood vaccination schedule.

 Round Two  

• Brother Bill’s Helping Hand (BBHH) Student Run Free Clinic (SRFC)
  UT Southwestern’s Brother Bill’s helping Hand Student Run Free Clinic administers vaccines along with providing vaccine education to participants. The clinic provides Influenza, Tdap, COVID-19, pneumococcal, HepB, and Shingles vaccines free of charge to patients, while providing training, leadership, and community impact opportunities for medical students. 
• Lubbock County Medical Society Alliance/ South Plains Immunization Network
  The Lubbock County Medical Society Alliance in collaboration with the South Plains Immunization Network is hosting a series of flu clinics at the South Plains Food Bank and the Carpenter’s Kitchen in Lubbock with the goal of helping underserved and uninsured adults in the area.   
• University of North Texas Health Science Center Foundation
   UNTHSC TCOM TMA student chapter members are participating in a multi-organization health fair led by the Refugee Health Initiative (RHI) specifically for refugees and hosted by a local hospital.  This event provides sports physicals for children, Hep B screening, vaccinations for HPV and flu, along with health education.  
• Hope Clinic / Get Up Project
  Hope Clinic serves uninsured people lacking access to affordable primary care services and living in the greater Austin area in Travis and Williamson Counties. The VDWM-sponsored program offers free flu vaccinations for patients, their adult family members, as well as other underserved adults in the community. 
• Lone Star Family Health Center
  Lone Star Family Health Center is hosting their annual Don't Miss the Bus! back-to-school vaccination event to increase access to immunizations for children in Montgomery County, Walker County, and northern Harris County. The health center provides well-child exams and childhood immunizations to get participants up to date with the recommended schedule. 
• Texas A&M School of Medicine Dallas Campus
  Medical students at the Texas A&M School of Medicine - Dallas Campus are hosting a community health fair in the fall of 2024. Through the event the medical students aim to provide free essential health screenings, education and immunizations to underserved Dallas communities. 

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