An OER grants program is a key part of the Collective model.
2025-6 Grant Round
⇒ Submissions now open!
⇒ Refer to the Grant Guidelines [pdf] and Grant Expression of Interest Template [.docx].
Timeline
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Expressions of interest open | 25 March 2025 |
| Expressions of interest close: - Collaborate grant - All other grants | 30 May 2025 2 May 2025 |
| OER Collective Grant Review Panel reviews applications. Grant recipients announced: - Collaborate grant - All other grants | Mid-June 2025 Mid-late May 2025 |
| Submission of complete copyedited, proofread, peer reviewed OER to CAUL. - Actualise grant - Collaborate grant - All other grants | December 2025 December 2026 June 2026 |
Grant Categories
Creation Grants
COLLABORATE
- Funding: $10,000
- Purpose: Creation of a major collaborative text
CREATE
- Funding: $2,500
- Purpose: Creation grant to complete a new text
LEAP
- Funding: $2,500
- Purpose: Creation grant to support an unpublished institution to complete a new text
ACTUALISE
- Funding: $2,000
- Purpose: Complete an in-progress project in 2025
Adoption Grants
ADOPT+
- Funding: 2x $2,500 (2 grants available)
- Purpose: This new grant addresses the widespread need for supplementary resources to boost the adoption of OER. This grant supports the creation of resources for use with existing OER that will be adopted by the institution.
Tell Us What You Need Grants
WILDCARD
- Funding: $3,000
- Purpose: Support projects that don’t fit into other OER Collective grant categories
Previous Grant Rounds
Find information about previous grant rounds on the following pages:
- Grants Round 2024
- Grants Recipients 2024
- Grants Round 2023
- Grants Recipients 2023
- Grants Round 2022
- Grants Recipients 2022
Grants Committee
The OER Collective Advisory Group sets the review criteria and is responsible for defining the focus for the OER Collective Grants.
The Grant Review Panel is responsible for undertaking review of the OER Collective Grants expressions of interest and allocating grants. Membership of each group can be found below.
Watch this space! Details for 2025-26 coming soon.
Further Information
Contact OERCollective@caul.edu.au.