Hello everyone, ​This is a reminder that tomorrow, January 15, is the next deadline for OER Creation and OER Adaptation Grants. Both grants provide up to $2000 in funding, in addition to in-kind assistance from Open Education, the Library, the Teaching & Learning Commons. The OER Creation grant additionally provides up to $2000 in funding for professional development activities. For more information visit: https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants Please note that applications for OER Adoption grants (which provide $500 in funding for PD activities) are accepting on a rolling basis until all funds have been allocated. Cheers, Rajiv From: Openkpu <openkpu-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Rajiv Jhangiani <rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> Date: Monday, January 6, 2020 at 8:12 PM To: KPU Open Education listserv <openkpu(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Openkpu] Next Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 15 Happy new year everyone! As a reminder, KPU now provides 3 levels of grants to support faculty and staff working with Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Adoption Grants support faculty who wish to adopt OER in place of commercial textbooks and recognize the efforts involved in implementing this change. Successful individual applicants are eligible to receive up to a $500 towards the professional development activity of their choosing. Teams of faculty may receive up to $1,500 towards a group event, project or activity. OER Adaptation Grants support the adaptation (customization/localization/update/remix) of existing open textbooks or other kinds of OER. Projects receive funding up to $2000 (which may be used to hire student assistants or provide honoraria to external collaborators) and in-kind assistance from the Library's Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS>. ​OER Creation Grants support the creation of new open textbooks or other kinds of OER. In addition to project funding up to $2000 (which may be used to hire student assistants or provide honoraria to external collaborators) and in-kind assistance from the Library's Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS>, successful applicants for OER Creation Grants will also receive up to $2000 towards any professional development activity of their choosing. For more information about each of these grant programs, the (brief) application forms, and examples of previously funded projects please visit: https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants The next application deadline for OER Adaptation and Creation Grants is Wednesday, January 15. Applications for OER Adoption Grants are accepted on an ongoing basis until all funds have been allocated. [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Associate Vice Provost, Open Education t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you received this email in error please delete the email and inform the sender immediately. Unauthorized distribution or use is strictly prohibited.