Frequently Asked Questions

SREB seeks proposals from institutions that meet the following criteria:

• Must be a two-year or four-year postsecondary institution

• Must be a public or private, not-for-profit institution

• Must be located in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

Priority will be given to institutions that hold a federally designated Historically Black College and University (HBCU) or Minority Serving Institution (MSI) status at the time of application.

1. Professional development opportunities for faculty and staff that help to increase awareness and understanding of Open Educational Resources and/or practices.

   • Speaking engagements

   • Workshops (ex. Creative Commons, Pressbooks, Train the Trainer, etc)

   • Faculty incentives to review OER in their disciplines

2. Costs related to OER implementation:

• Staff time

• Faculty incentives to attend information sessions on adopting OER. 

Some examples include, but are not limited to:

• Implementing a Train-the-Trainer program to increase OER adoption throughout the campus. 

• Creating new OER to adopt in place of a commercial textbook when there is no OER to cover the subject.

• Establishing a team of high school teachers and faculty to create new OER to adopt in place of commercial textbook for a dual enrollment course.

• Coordinating a Creative Commons training session for attendees interested in expanding their understanding of Creative Commons licensing and copyright. 

SREB will accept proposals for the Open Education Capacity Building Grant until June 16, 2025. Priority review will be given to the first 25 applications. Once the submission window closes, SREB will review proposals until early July and notify grant recipients July 9th.

SREB will accept multiple proposals from institutions; however, we will give a maximum of one grant per institution. We encourage grant applicants to collaborate with other faculty and staff at their universities rather than submitting competing grant proposals.