Open Textbook Grant deadline is May 13

The NC State Open Textbook Grants are a faculty incentive initiative encouraging the use of open textbooks while maintaining high-quality course design and instruction. As part of the Libraries’ Alt-Textbook Project, this granting program has worked with thirty-one different instructors from thirty-three different courses to adapt Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses since 2019, saving students close to one million dollars in textbook costs.

We invite proposals from individual faculty and departmental groups for projects to explore and adopt open textbooks. The application deadline for the 2022 cycle of grants is Friday, May 13. The full call for proposals and online application form are on the Libraries website.

Grants are available in three categories that support instructors in different ways. Faculty can receive a grant to Review an Open Textbook that would be appropriate for their class or a class in their department, posting the review on the Open Textbook Library. They can get support in Adapting/Adopting an Open Textbook, redesigning their course to incorporate an open textbook. And they can request a grant for Department/Group Adoption, choosing open textbooks for three or more classes and adopting them as the assigned textbook for the classes. Visit the Alt-Textbook Grant Application page for details and requirements for these categories.