Research Guides: Open and Affordable Educational Resources: Get Support

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Schedule a consultation with our open education librarian to discuss your needs and identify where we can provide support.

Consultations might address finding, creating, customizing, or publishing OER; teaching with library resources; applying for a M.O.S.T. faculty mini-grant or other funding; project management; copyright and licensing; equity and accessibility; promoting and marketing your work; and more.

Funding Opportunities

Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative Mini-Grants
M.O.S.T.'s annual mini-grants program provides cohort-based support and stipends to help faculty adopt/adapt, create, and/or implement open educational resources. Open to instructors at any Maryland higher education institution.
Teaching Innovation Grants (TLTC)
The Teaching & Learning Transformation Center (TLTC) awards annual grants to UMD tenured faculty, tenure-track faculty, professional-track faculty, and instructional staff. OER was one of the funding areas for the 2023-24 cycle.
Other funding opportunities
Open licensing can be applied to many kinds of content. For this reason, OER can be integrated into funding applications and grants, even ones not targeted to OER specifically. When reviewing grant opportunities, consider how you might incorporate the creation or use of OER within a larger project. Be sure to double-check the terms and conditions of the funding to confirm that you can publish deliverables with an open license.

Events and Workshops

Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative (M.O.S.T.) events
M.O.S.T. and the Kirwan Center sponsor regular events for professional development in OER and pedagogy, including the annual Maryland OER Summit.
UMD Libraries events
The Libraries hosts occasional events and workshops related to open scholarship and OER, and we're working to develop more.