Grant Funding

Adopt Grant 

Typical Adopt projects may involve: selecting and adopting existing OER content that doesn’t need any modification, or very mild modification such as migrating resources into Pressbooks, and modifying your course to utilize the adopted OER.

Typical Funding – $2000 per course

Preview Adopt Grant Application

Developer Grant 

Typical Developer projects may involve: selecting one or multiple existing OER and performing moderate modification, such as updating, adding to, or combining content, and modifying your course to utilize the developed OER.

Typical Funding – $5,500 per course

Preview Developer Grant Application

Author Grant 

Typical Author projects may involve: extensively modifying one or multiple existing OER to create a new resource or create an OER from scratch, and modifying your course to utilize the authored OER.

Typical Funding – $7,500 per course

Preview Author Grant Application

Improvement Grant 

Typical Improvement projects may involve: significantly modifying or updating an OER resource you have taught with in the past to ensure it remains current or to improve the resource based on experience and feedback. This can be for an OER you previously adopted or adapted (license permitting) or that you created yourself.

Funding (varies by scope) – $2,000-$4,000 per course

Preview Improvement Grant Application

Group Project Grant 

Typical Group projects may involve: selecting one or multiple existing OER and performing moderate modification, such as updating, adding to, or combining content, and modifying your course to utilize the developed OER —Or— extensively modifying one or multiple existing OER to create a new resource or create an OER from scratch, and modifying your course to utilize the authored OER.
[note: group projects work well when a department decides together that all sections of a particular course will be taught using OER moving forward]

Funding (varies by scope) – $11,000 to $30,000 for group projects with high impact on multiple courses/sections or impact on high enrollment general education courses.

Preview Group Project Grant Application

Applications due January 30, 2026.

Recipient projects have a flexible completion deadline according to the scope of the project. However, all projects must be completed by Spring Semester 2028.

Applicants can be expect notification of funding by mid-February, 2026.

• Resources adopted, modified, or created must carry an open license.
• OER courses are imported into an internal Canvas Commons repository for perusal and use of other UT faculty only.
• Student surveys are distributed before end of semester implemented to gather data for Title III grant reporting.
• A final meeting with Emma Lanners is held at the end of implementation semester, and report template issued for assessment. Report Examples.
• Ensure the final project meets university accessibility guidelines.

• Any instructor (full-time or part-time) of a course that is taught or will be taught on a regular basis.
• Applications are accepted for GE, lower, and upper division courses
  [note: priority will be given to GE courses] 

• Name, contact info, and department for all participants.
• Course name and abbreviation for the modified course(s), along with the average annual enrollment and sections taught or impacted.
• Project summary that includes:
  • Outline of an anticipated timeline, including an expected implementation semester and any milestones throughout the project.
  • How the new resources will improve your course and support course learning objectives.
• Statement of support from Dean or Department Head.

Applications should show some, or all, of the following:

• Support of the Affordable & Accessible Pathways Title III grant.
• Potential to reduce student expenses, such as replacing a high-cost textbook or the impact on a large number of students in high enrollment courses.
• Feasibility to meet project deadline.

Please note:

• Higher priority will be given to GE courses, however, non-GE courses are welcome to apply.
• Higher priority will be given to courses that replace an existing course materials cost, however, brand new courses that have never been taught before are also welcome to apply.

Any questions can be directed to any member of the OER Team.

• Emma Lanners, 435-652-7719, emma.lanners@utahtech.edu
• Elizabeth Matheson, 435-652-7993, elizabeth.matheson@utahtech.edu

Originally, our focus was just on a specific set of GE courses. We’ve recently learned that we could open up funding for all courses to show the campus wide adoption of OER, which is something the grantor likes to see since Title III is a capacity building grant. We are excited to be supporting a wider interest of OER across campus! Due to this we are creating an application process to help manage workload.

If your department has been working or discussing an OER project already with Emma Lanners your budget has been kept separate from this general call for proposals. Your project will continue as normal. Any questions please reach out!