New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) announced a partnership with FEMA, the New Jersey Office of the Governor, the Department of Defense, the New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, and other agencies to open a new COVID Community Vaccination Center on the NJIT campus.

The Naimoli Center on NJIT’s campus in Newark will serve as the hub for vaccine activity at the new COVID Community Vaccination Center. NJIT is working aggressively to prepare for the coming launch of this important initiative on Wednesday, March 31.

This center is expected to deploy up to 6,000 doses of vaccine per day and will help save lives, aid in our local and statewide recovery efforts, and expedite our return to normalcy.

NJIT specifically selected the Naimoli Center location for vaccine distribution in order to minimize the potential impact on our campus community by keeping traffic to the vaccination center on the perimeter of campus. NJIT is also establishing procedures and protocols designed to prevent the operations of the vaccination center from encroaching upon the majority of our campus or significantly disrupting daily life at NJIT.

The duration of this effort has yet to be determined, but it is anticipated that, once fully open, the vaccination center will be operational seven days a week for at least two to three months.