Follett Bookstore and TTU Libraries OER Adoption Initiative

Please note: all funding for Spring 2026 has been allocated. The next round of funding will open Fall 2026.

Grant Description

The Follett Bookstore and TTU Libraries Open Educational Resources (OER) Adoption Initiative is funded by the TTU Follett Bookstore and supported by TTU Libraries. This initiative is intended to help increase OER adoption efforts in core curriculum classes at Texas Tech University. Funds received will serve as a one-time payment stipend to recognize the time and effort needed to select and adopt existing OER in a course.

Funding is limited to $750 per faculty member, per academic year. Awards will be taxed as a lump sum payment. Funds will only be granted to instructors of record who are interested in adopting pre-existing OER or other freely accessible material for a course that is not currently using open materials. If faculty wish to create OER, they are encouraged to email the Online/OER Librarian (libraries.oer@ttu.edu) to discuss other funding opportunities.

Applications for funds will be reviewed and awarded each Fall and Spring semester.

Priority will be given to:

• Core curriculum courses.
• Courses that have not previously received funding OER office.
• Instructors who have not previously received funding from the OER office.

Requirements and Restrictions

The person requesting OER adoption funds must:

• Be a current Texas Tech faculty member, full-time or part-time instructor, or research professor.
• Be an instructor who is authorized to adopt course materials.
• Be currently requiring students to purchase a textbook, access code, packet, etc., regardless of cost.
• Not have been recipients of the TTU Libraries Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Grant in the same fiscal year.

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