Alternative Textbook Grant Program
The Open Educational Resource team seeks to sustain the Alternative Grants Program program, which has become an important pillar of FSU’s textbook affordability initiative since 2017 and supports instructors in their efforts to replace commercial textbooks with open alternatives that are available at no cost to students.
Strategic Alignment
Initiative Leads
Camille Thomas, Scholarly Communications Librarian
Updates
2023
Three of the five applications this year were projects to create and publish new open textbooks at a higher award tier. The deliverables are expected over the course of the next year, likely Fall 2023.
2022
In the past six months, eight applications for the Alternative Textbook Grant were received, including a large course with over 400 students total per semester. No publication projects were received, which was the original intention of piloting a tiered model. However, there were several inquiries and the increased, flexible funding will allow this project to continue in the spring.
Three of the five applications this year were projects to create and publish new open textbooks at a higher award tier. The deliverables are expected over the course of the next year, likely Fall 2023.
2022
In the past six months, eight applications for the Alternative Textbook Grant were received, including a large course with over 400 students total per semester. No publication projects were received, which was the original intention of piloting a tiered model. However, there were several inquiries and the increased, flexible funding will allow this project to continue in the spring.