Rod Library offers mini-grants to support open educational resources

The University of Northern Iowa's Rod Libraryis pleased to announce a funding opportunity for the adoption, customization and/or adaptation of Open Educational Resources (OER). This program is open to UNI instructors proposing projects as individuals or teams of two.

The UNI Textbook Equity Mini-Grant Program will support the adoption and development of sustainable, affordable course content at UNI through OER, defined as teaching, learning and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and are licensed for open use.

There are three types of awards available through this program:

• A: Course Redesign/Adoption Project.Selected participants will redesign one or more courses to transition from a commercial textbook to existing Open Educational Resources (OER). Up to $750 per participant.
  
  
• B: Ancillary Project.Selected participants will develop original presentation slides, test banks and/or other ancillary materials to accompany an existing open textbook to enable its adoption in a course for the first time. Up to $750 per participant.
  
  
• C: Remix/Adaptation Project. Selected participants will adapt an openly-licensed text by combining and editing portions from one or more existing openly-licensed texts. Up to $1000 per participant.

In addition to financial awards to compensate for instructor time and labor, funded applicants will receive training on OER basics and open licensing. Materials created as part of this program will be freely shared (with exceptions for materials such as quizzes and test banks), as well as licensed for reuse.

Full call for proposals, proposal template, and details: https://guides.lib.uni.edu/oer/UNIMiniGrant

Submission deadline: October 10 at noon.

Questions about the grant program should be sent to Textbook Equity Librarian, Anne Marie Gruber. Services are always available for all UNI instructors interested in identifying, adapting, or creating OER.