OER Impact Grants
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that SUNY System is opening their 2023 Request for Proposals
(RFP) for Open Education Resource (OER) Impact Grants. These peer-reviewed awards will be allocated to selected campuses to support significant
advances in Open Education Resources (OER) adoption, scaling, and sustainability in
support of student success. There are two levels of grant funding available - up to
$15,000 and up to $30,000. The 2023 RFP is posted on the OER Impact Grants Program website. Prior to submitting a proposal, I am requesting that you contact our Campus OER Liaison,
Danielle Apfelbaum. Danielle will review your application to ensure that it meets
the RFP requirements. She can be reached at Danielle.apfelbaum@farmingdale.edu or 934-420-2184.
SUNY OER Services (SOS) works directly with SUNY campuses and faculty to support the
adoption of OER and sustained use of OER as drivers of faculty choice and student
success. This includes offering a Ready-to-Adopt course catalog, facilitating the
seamless integration of openly licensed content into learning management systems,
remixing of openly licensed content from various sources, offline (print) production
of learning materials, as well as services and resources of its partners.
To this end, SUNY OER Impact Grants are intended to support new OER activities supporting
affordable learning options such as:
- Adoption of OER for high-enrollment courses from the SUNY Ready-to-Adopt Catalog
- Adoption of quality OER not already included in the SUNY Ready-to-Adopt Catalog for
high enrollment courses
- Adoption of OER for general education courses and gateway courses with highest Drop/Fail/Withdrawal
rates
- Adaptation of OER, such as open textbooks, courses, and ancillary materials
- Creation of OER, such as open textbooks, courses, and ancillary materials
- Professional development supporting OER and open pedagogy
The response deadline for the RFP is 11:59 p.m., April 28, 2023. Proposals may only be submitted online via the OER Impact Grant Application. Winners will be announced May 22 with a kick-off meeting with grantees on May 26.
Questions can be sent directly to oergrants@suny.edu.
Laura Joseph, EdD
Senior Vice President and Provost
