This is an update to the Sept. 21, 2023 announcement

UNC’s Affordable and Open Educational Resources (AOER) Committee has extended the deadline for grant applications to convert courses to OER to Monday, Oct. 23. 

Thanks to a grant of nearly $48,000 from the Colorado Department of Higher Education, UNC is expanding its commitment to open education by offering financial support to instructors who want to convert their courses to OER (Open Educational Resources) and/or ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost). 

Grants of $2,000 are available for high-impact courses and $1,500 for all other courses. 

For more comprehensive information and detailed application instructors, please visit the UNC Affordable & OER Committee website. If you have questions or need assistance with your application, please reach out to jen.mayer@unco.edu or nancy.henke@unco.edu.

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Original posting Sept. 21, 2023

UNC’s Affordable and Open Educational Resources Committee is now accepting grant applications in support of affordable learning.

The Colorado Department of Higher Education awarded UNC a grant of $47,897 for “Expanding OER@UNC: Developing Greater Pathways to ZTC, Course Improvements, and Growing UNC Instructor-Authored Materials into Shared Resources.” This money will support UNC instructors in several ways:

• Converting courses to OER (Open Educational Resources) and/or ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost). Grants of $2,000 are available for high-impact courses and $1,500 for all other courses. The deadline for these grant applications is Monday, Oct. 17, 2023.

• Developing digital learning resources to share with other UNC instructors through the UNCO_LE@RN repository on Canvas Commons. Proposals for these grants are accepted on a rolling basis until early spring 2024 or until all funds are allocated.  

Visit the UNC Affordable & OER Committee website for grant information and application instructions. Email jen.mayer@unco.edu or nancy.henke@unco.edu with questions.