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Open Educational Resources Course Development and Implementation Grant Program Application Forms

The Request for Applications for the GEER-funded Open Educational Resources Course Development and Implementation Grant Program. This document explains the procedure and guidelines for applying to the program. 

This media release announces the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Request for Applications (RFA) for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Course Development and Implementation Grant Program, supported by a portion of the $175 million allocation to the THECB from the Governor's Emergency Educational Relief (GEER) Fund. 

A list of the 50 most transferred Texas Core Curriculum courses. An application for the GEER-funded Open Educational Resources Course Development and Implementation Grant Program that focuses on one of these courses can earn priority points, as described in the Request for Applications. 

Senate Bill 810, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, established the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program, which was designed to incentivize faculty at Texas institutions of higher education to adopt, modify, redesign, or develop courses that use only open educational resources. This report details the administration of the competitive grant program and provides initial information about cost savings for students from the use of OER by faculty grantees as well as the number of students served by the first round of grants (which was awarded in 2018). 

This media release announces the launch of OERTX, the state's digital repository of open educational resources (OER) for Texas students and educational institutions.

This addendum to the Request for Applications of the Open Educational Resources Grant program extends the application deadline to July 20, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

A list of Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program.