Grants of $4,000-$50,000 for Switching to Open Course Materials

Posted January 25, 2023 in JMU Libraries News, Open Education News

Are you concerned about the high cost of textbooks for your students? Open or no-cost materials offer an alternative to traditional textbooks and allow instructors to customize, save, and share course materials for free.

Apply by March 6, 2023 for a grant of $4,000-$50,000. These grants are is designed to empower you with the resources and time you need to redesign or update a course to use open, library, or no-cost resources.

Full-time or part-time faculty may apply. Award notification will occur by May 19, 2023. Selected participants will be required to participate in a grant kick-off workshop on July 20 and July 21, 2023.

Questions? Contact Liz Thompson at thomp3ea@jmu.edu or read more about this grant program, which is funded by VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium.