Pitt students, faculty and staff who are vaccinated against COVID-19 are now eligible to receive prizes, including up to $2,500 in cash.
Kenyon Bonner, the vice provost and dean of students, said in an announcement on Wednesday that all students have to do is fill out a disclosure survey stating they received their vaccine to be entered into the drawing for prizes. The rewards include gift certificates to restaurants and the University Store on Fifth, research funding support, Pitt Eats dollars for on-campus dining and tickets to sporting events.
While the University begins incentivizing vaccinations through prize drawings, the announcement said there are no plans to require students, faculty and staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to be on campus.
Drawings will take place weekly starting next Wednesday, June 23, and continue until Aug. 6. Individuals who submit their vaccination status by midnight on the day of the drawing are eligible for that week’s drawing, according to the vaccination incentive website.
Students who submitted proof of vaccination through the Student Health Service are not automatically entered into the drawings for prizes, the announcement said. Students must fill out the disclosure form to be entered into the drawing.
The announcement said other faculty and students will not have access to information submitted through the disclosure form and all individual responses will remain private.
The University will notify winners of the drawings through email and will not disclose winners’ names without their permission.
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