[Bcopen] Call for Proposals: B.C. Open Education Institutional Grants

Dear colleagues, BCcampus has issued a call for proposals for B.C. Open Education Institutional Grants<https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/british-columbia-open-education-institutional-grant/>. Three institutions will receive $33,000 apiece in the 2025/2026 fiscal year for the purpose of furthering their institutional open education programs. This grant program is similar to the open education foundation grants<https://bccampus.ca/open-education-foundation-grant-for-institutions/> and open education sustainability grants<https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-open-education-sustainability-grant/> offered in previous years. Anecdotally, grantees have said that these have been some of the most useful grants offered by BCcampus Open Education, due to the wide range of activities that this funding could be used for. The B.C. Open Education Institutional Grant is designed to be flexible, depending on the specific needs of your institution. Whether your institution requires support for OER publishing, developing a ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) program, or redeveloping courses to incorporate OEP (Open Educational Practices), this grant provides funding to support these efforts. You can register for a virtual information session about this grant program<https://bccampus.ca/event/open-education-institution-grant-information-session/>. The session will take place on Wednesday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Friday, February 28. The call contains more details about guidelines for successful proposals, projects by previous recipients of similar grants, and the requirements for funding. If you have any further questions, please contact open@bccampus.ca<mailto:open@bccampus.ca>. Sincerely, Arianna Cheveldave she/her Coordinator, Open Education Hear my name<https://namedrop.io/ariannacheveldave> Email: acheveldave@bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: arianna-cheveldave<https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave/> Consider nominating someone for the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education<https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/awards-for-excellence-in-open-ed/>, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the open education movement in British Columbia. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BCcampus, Vancouver Learning. Doing. Leading. BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • Flickr<https://www.flickr.com/photos/61642799@N03/> • LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/bccampus/> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/59c0b3389fc34fe898b6c53697… The BCcampus office is situated on the unceded territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples. As both individuals and as an organization, we continue to learn and build relationships as we actively respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.