The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), Open Educational Resources Collective is now accepting applications for their prestigious grants program. If you are passionate about creating equitable and accessible open educational resources (OER), this is an excellent opportunity to secure funding to support your innovative projects.
Why open textbooks?
An open textbook is an educational resource that is licensed [e.g. Creative Commons] to allow copying, re-distribution, and derivative works, and contains materials that contribute to a course or program of study or co-curricular activities.
Open textbooks remove barriers like affordability and accessibility for your students and allow you to customise learning resources to fit your course needs. A well-designed open textbook can improve the student experience, engagement and learning. Many Australian open textbooks have been modified to reflect localised examples, integration of Indigenous perspectives and best practice in accessibility, inclusion and diversity.
How to apply
Submissions are now open for the 2025-26 OER Collective grants.
Refer to the Grant Guidelines and Expressions of Interest Template for more information regarding eligibility, key dates and selection criteria.
Available grants and deadlines
The 2025-26 CAUL OER Collective Grants have six categories with seven grant opportunities available.
- COLLABORATE: $10,000 (closing 30 May)
Purpose: Creation of a major collaborative text - CREATE: $2,500 (closing 2 May)
- Purpose: Creation grant to complete an original text
- ACTUALISE: $2,000 (closing 2 May)
Purpose: Complete an in-progress project in 2025 - Adoption Grants: 2x $2,500 (closing 2 May)
Purpose: This grant supports the creation of resources for use with existing OER that will be adopted by the institution. - WILDCARD: $3,000 (closing 2 May)
Purpose: Support projects that don’t fit into other OER Collective grant categories
Support for authors
UTS ePress publishes the text and provides support including the grant application process, copyright checks and advice, facilitation of peer review, cover design
If you’d like help with your grant application, have a chat with the UTS ePress team utsepress [at] uts.edu.au (utsepress[at]uts[dot]edu[dot]au).
More about the OER Collective
The CAUL OER Collective grants aim to foster the creation and adoption of high-quality OER across Australasian universities. By providing financial support, the program encourages educators and institutions to develop resources that enhance teaching and learning while promoting accessibility and affordability for students.
See examples of books published through the Collective.
