Open Educational Resources (OERs)

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2025 Grant Categories

Creation Grants

COLLABORATE

• Funding: $10,000
• Purpose: Creation of a major collaborative text from cross-institutional authors

CREATE

• Funding: $2,500
• Purpose: Creation grant to complete a new text

ACTUALISE

• Funding: $2,000
• Purpose: Complete an in-progress project in 2025

Adoption Grants

ADOPT+

• Funding: 2x $2,500 (2 grants available)
• Purpose: This new grant addresses the widespread need for supplementary resources to boost the adoption of OER. This grant supports the creation of resources for use with existing OER that will be adopted by the institution.

Tell Us What You Need Grants

WILDCARD

• Funding: $3,000
• Purpose: Support projects that don’t fit into other OER Collective grant categories

Interested in applying for a CAUL OER  grant?

Closing dates for internal expressions of interest for grants are April 17 2025.

For more information contact Helen Heawood or Allison Hadfield, and join us for an information session online Monday 7^th April, 11am Register here

Write your own textbook from scratch, or update and reformat open texts by others. 

The Library can guide you through the process - from planning through peer review to publishing -  connect you with a community of practice of authors from other Australian Universities, and connect you with potential funding opportunities.

Federation University Library is participating in the CAUL OER Collective project, which aims to produce OER Textbooks from Federation University academic authors and publish on Pressbooks platform. 

The University supports open textbooks in curriculum and the benefits flow to academic authors, their students, and the wider world.

If you have an idea for a textbook contact us or apply through the Expression of Interest form below. No time limits for proposals, though if you are intending to apply  for CAUL Grant funding that has a deadline.