An OER grants program is a key part of the Collective model.
Explore the published projects funded by the OER Collective Grants Program.
2025-26 Grant Recipients
Discover the projects funded in the 2025-26 grant round.
2025-26 Grant Round
⇒ Submissions closed. Thank you to all who took the time to apply!
⇒ 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 Advisory Group reviews applications. Grant recipients announced: | Mid-June 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- Purpose: Creation grant to support an unpublished institution to complete a new text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
OER Collective Advisory Group
The OER Collective Advisory Group sets the review criteria and is responsible for defining the focus for the OER Collective Grants.
This year, they will also undertake the review of the OER Collective Grants expressions of interest and allocate grants. Membership of this group can be found below.
| Name | Role | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Kat Cutriss | University Librarian | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury |
| Jay Glaisyer | Associate University Librarian, Library Learning and Development | La Trobe University |
| Steven Chang | Coordinator, Open Education and Scholarship | La Trobe University |
| Melissa Cuschieri | Education & Research Librarian | Southern Cross University |
| Allison Hadfield | Liaison Librarian | Federation University Australia |
| Stephanie Davenport | Senior Librarian (Research and Academic Engagement) | University of Western Australia |
| Liz Hounslow | Academic Engagement Lead | Flinders University |
| Lyndelle Gunton | Coordinator, Information Research Skills | Queensland University of Technology |
| Jennifer Hurley | Lead, Open Publishing Team | RMIT University |
| Angie Williamson | Open Education Librarian | Deakin University |
| Danielle Johnson | Director, Library Services (Outreach & Scholarly Services) | Deakin University |
Further Information
Contact OERCollective@caul.edu.au.