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Open Educational Resources (OER): Opportunities

VIVA Open Grants

VIVA Open Adopt Grants - OPEN NOW!

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 or in the following informational webinars. 

Questions? Contact vivaopen@gmu.edu.

VIVA Open Course Grants

VIVA Open Course Grants support teams working in four categories:

  • Content Creation
  • Open Pedagogy
  • Open Ancillary Materials
  • Large Scale Adoption

Watch this space for upcoming grant round announcements.


Virginia Open Educational Resource Impact Award

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: 

  • Virginia impact (such as: student success metrics, cost avoidance, classroom adoption, etc.) 
  • Innovative pedagogical approaches leading to active and inclusive learning
  • Contributions to Open Education by addressing a need or gap in the pre-existing literature and/or Virginia higher education
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.x AA compliant)

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. 

  • Application deadline: 3/19/2025
  • Notifications: 4/30/2025

For more information about this award, please contact Liz Thompson at thomp3ea@jmu.edu.

Resources for OER Adopters, Reviewers & Creators