Description
The UT System Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the Curricular Innovation through OER Grant Program. This two-year initiative supports UT System faculty, librarians, administrative leaders, researchers, and other practitioners in both academic and health institutions to engage with Open Educational Resources and Open Education as a vehicle for curricular innovation, teaching improvement, and deeper student learning and success.
Through the generosity of the UT System Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, a total of $250,000 is available and will be distributed over two years in the form of individual and collaborative grants to academic and health institutions.
The first review of proposals will be done at the institutional level. Those interested in applying should contact their provost or chief academic officer, or their library dean or director. For more information, contact Dr. Rebecca Karoff, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, at rkaroff@utsystem.edu.
Additional information can be found in the Request for Proposals, FAQs, and Grant Application Template linked below.
Program Goals
The Curricular Innovation through OER Grant Program is designed to:
- Seed and support projects that center students, their learning, and their successful matriculation into, persistence through, and completion of degree programs;
- Contribute to removing curricular barriers to students; and
- Reimagine and reinvigorate curricular pathways and domains through Open Education, including pedagogy, content, structure, and operations.
Areas of Support
Grant funds will support:
- OER Development & Enhancement
- Open Pedagogy & Student Engagement
- Curriculum Integration & Redesign
- Institutionalization & Sustainability
- Research, Assessment & Infrastructure
Please direct questions to Dr. Rebecca Karoff, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, at rkaroff@utsystem.edu.
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