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Affordable Course Content Awards

The VCU Libraries Affordable Course Content Awards support faculty in creating, adapting, or adopting existing open educational resources for use in their courses.

In addition to grant funding, OER creation and publishing support is available to awardees, including:

  • Assistance in locating existing open materials for adoption/customization
  • Assistance identifying additional project support freelancers
  • Hosting and long-term preservation of final products in Scholars Compass
  • DOI assignment
  • Consultations on publishing workflows and best practices, copyright and open licensing, metadata creation, upkeep and maintenance of materials, and how to share resources to wider community.

The Affordable Course Content Awards program is made possible in part by The Barbara Ford Endowment of the 21st Century Fund and The Friends of VCU Libraries.

Apply for an Award

The program is not currently accepting applications. Check back in early Spring 2025 for the next cycle.

Past Projects

Details of past projects and project milestones can be found on the Affordable Course Content Awards guide.