Apply for grants to adopt or create Open Educational Resources and textbooks
Posted by Sara Volmering on October 6, 2025Western faculty and instructors are invited to apply for grant funding to adopt or create open educational resources (OER) for their 2026 courses. Since launching in 2019, the OER grants have saved Western students an estimated $1.3 million in textbook costs.
The University Libraries will award up to two $3,500 grants to create an original, openly-licensed textbook and up to ten $1,000 grants to adopt an existing OER for spring, summer or fall 2026 courses. Grant applications are open now through Nov. 21, 2025.