Announcing JCU Library 2025 OER grants aimed at minimising student textbook costs

JCU Library is excited to announce a Textbook Affordability Project grant round aimed at supporting teaching and helping first-year core subject stakeholders transition from student-paid textbooks to open educational resources (OERs) in their subjects. This initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to innovate and make learning more accessible and less costly for JCU students.

Indigenising curriculum OER textbook adaptation or creation grant 

A $5,000 grant to develop an OER that embeds Indigenous knowledges/perspectives throughout the work. The work will support replacement of a student-paid prescribed textbook/s through an adaptation of existing open educational resource/s (OER) or creation of a new OER. 

OER textbook adaptation or creation grant 

$3000 grants to replace a paid prescribed textbook with an adaptation of existing OER or creation of a new OER. 

OER textbook review grant 

$500 grants to review an existing OER with the aim of replacing a student-paid prescribed textbook/s. 

Get started: 

• Find out about JCU Library’s Textbook Affordability Project (TAP), 2024-2025 and 2024 TAP grant winners 
• Read JCU Library TAP grant guidelines
• Register for a TAP grants information session
• Connect with JCU Library experts
• Submit your grant application by Tuesday, 6 May 2025. 

 

We look forward to receiving your applications.