Project Grant P116Z230217

The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $2,124,223 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program by the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant, titled "NEW MEXICO OER CONSORTIUM PILOT PROJECT", has a performance period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The objectives of this grant are to: 1) Develop and transition 20-25 courses at UNM and sub-awardee Central New Mexico Community College...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,366,666 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to establish the Open Dental Education Consortium (ODEC). This multi-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024, supports the development of open-source textbooks for six dental hygiene courses at Marquette University and its partner institutions, Chippewa Valley Technical College and Milwaukee Area...

The Alamo Community College District, doing business as San Antonio College, has been awarded a $1,963,747 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to lead the "ALAMO COLLEGES OER CONSORTIUM PROJECT". This initiative focuses on developing and implementing open educational resources (OER) to enhance the quality and accessibility of postsecondary education. The award period runs from January 1, 2024 to...

This $433,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, supports an open education resources and course sharing project. The 3-year award to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission will enable the development and implementation of innovative strategies to improve postsecondary education quality and expand postsecondary opportunities in the...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Rice University under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The CONSORTIUM OF OPEN RESOURCE EDUCATORS (CORE) project aims to provide assistance supporting institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand opportunities through September 1, 2024. Rice University will lead a consortium including Prairie View...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded The Ohio State University a $2,125,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "FORTIFYING OPEN EDUCATION: SCALING XIMERA FOR ENDURING IMPACT," will support the University's efforts to scale and enhance the Ximera open educational resource platform over a 3-year project period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The FIPSE program,...

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System was awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The three-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and set to conclude on August 30, 2024, will support a system-wide initiative to expand open educational resource (OER) opportunities for teacher education across Minnesota's public...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $362,761 project grant to the University of Maine System under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the collaborative research project "From Community to Practice: Evaluating How Open Educational Resources Facilitate Implementation of Vision and Change Principles Across Diverse Institutions" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The University of Maine, operating as the Research & Sponsored Program division of the...

Framingham State University was awarded a $1,341,866 project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the university's efforts to remix open textbooks through an equity lens by developing culturally relevant open textbooks for high enrollment general education and career/professional courses across six public Massachusetts colleges. Work will involve revising existing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $246,658 to the Bioquest Curriculum Consortium, Inc. to create open education ecosystems (OEEs) that facilitate the adoption and adaptation of computational and data-centric tools in undergraduate biology education. The project aims to develop a networked framework to integrate existing scientific resources and educational materials, making them more accessible and user-friendly...