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UTA CARES Grant Program

Information on grants that support the adoption, modification, and creation of open educational resources (OER) at UTA.

Fall Grants are Open!

Fall 2024 UTA CARES Grant Applications are now OPEN!

Deadline: Friday, October 18, 2024

For more information on how to apply for the grants and links to required documents, visit the How to Apply page.

For more information about the types of grants available, visit the pages below:

Email the OER & Digital Scholarship Team with any other questions!

As colleges and universities across the country seek ways to make education more affordable and increase student success, a growing number of educators are adopting open educational resources (OER). OER are free teaching and learning materials that are licensed to allow for revision and reuse The cost of commercial textbooks and other resource packages, which has been rising at an unsustainable rate for decades, demands exploration of alternative publishing models. Teachers, authors, and other stakeholders have responded, resulting in a large corpus of educational materials suitable for courses at a variety of levels in nearly every discipline.

UTA Coalition for Alternative Resources in Education for Students

 

The UTA CARES Grant Program, sponsored by UTA Libraries, was established in 2017 to support educators interested in practicing open education through the adoption of OER and, when no suitable open resource is available, through the creation of new OER or the adoption of library-licensed or other free content.  Additionally, the program promotes innovation in teaching and learning through the exploration of open educational practices, such as collaborating with students to produce educational content of value to a wider community.

All awards are competitive.

UTA CARES Grant recipients since 2017

UTA CARES Grant recipients since 2017