VIVA is pleased to announce the new round of VIVA Open Course Grants! VIVA Open Course Grants are meant to support individuals and teams as they write new course materials, including test banks and assignments, curate a variety of materials together to meet the needs of a course, or adapt openly-licensed resources to help achieve pedagogical goals.

Open Course Grants will be awarded in four categories: 

• Content Creation Grants
• Open Pedagogy Grants
• Open Ancillary Grants
• Large Scale Adoption Grants

Applications for VIVA Open Course Grants are due March 1, 2024, and are available on the VIVA website here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/application.

 To learn more about the changes to the VIVA Open Grant program and to get a detailed look at the application process for Open Course Grants, please register and join VIVA for a webinar at one of the following times: 

November 15, 2023, 11:00 am: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/11497348

December 1, 2023, 1:00 pm: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/11497391

Please feel free to reach out to Dale Dulaney, Collection Development & OER Librarian (ddulaney@virginiawestern.edu) or Shelley Lyons, Grants Administrator (slyons@virginiawestern.edu) if you plan to apply and we can support you.