VIVA Open Adopt Grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and to ensure that the results of those efforts are widely available to Virginia educators. Grants in this round will be awarded in three categories:
The application deadline is May 2, 2025. More information can be found on the VIVA website. Questions? Contact vivaopen@gmu.edu.
VIVA Open Course Grants support teams working in four categories:
Watch this space for upcoming grant round announcements.
Nominations are open for the inaugural Virginia Open Educational Resource (OER) Impact Award. This award recognizes outstanding OER in Higher Education that have had a significant impact in Virginia classrooms. Nominated OER will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Creators of selected OER will be recognized formally online, via press release, and at an awards ceremony. Awardees will also receive a $2,000 honorarium, funded by VIVA, Virginia’s academic library consortium. Creators of awarded projects will be expected to present their resources at an OVAC/VIVA sponsored online event, date TBD.
The form for Award Nominations (including self-nominations) is here. Following submission, the SCHEV Open Virginia Advisory Committee (OVAC) will review and select three OER to recognize in the pilot year.
For more information about this award, please contact Liz Thompson at thomp3ea@jmu.edu.
