VIVA Open Course Grants support teams working in four categories:
The RFP, application, and instructions available here. The deadline is March 5, 2025. An informational webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, February 19, 11 AM. Open office hours are scheduled for Thursday, February 27, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Questions and consultations on grant ideas or applications are welcome, and can be sent to vivaopen@gmu.edu or to Stephanie Westcott (swestcot@gmu.edu).
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. More information can be found on the VIVA website. Questions? Contact vivaopen@gmu.edu.
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.
