The Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries is pleased to announce this year’s 2026 Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants, supporting the creation and adoption of openly licensed learning materials.
OERs are educational materials that are free to use, adapt, reproduce, and share. These resources can take many forms, including courses, modules, textbooks, multimedia, assessments, and other supplementary content.
The OER Grants program aligns with TMU’s commitment to open education, innovation, inclusive teaching, and enhancing student learning. It builds on the Libraries’s strengths in digital scholarship, Open Access, and OER publishing and dissemination.
The Libraries is pleased to be offering the TMU Libraries Open Education Resources (OER) Grant.
Offered and supported by The TMU Libraries, these Open textbook and multimedia creation grants have been offered by TMU Libraries since 2018. A total of $30,000 is available in two categories of grants:
Category 1 – Creation or Adaptation of an OER Textbook refers to significantly adapting existing content and adding additional materials. For examples of University-created OER textbooks, see the list of books on the TMU Libraries publishing site.
Category 2 – Creation of Openly Licensed Immersive Content refers to the creation of learning and teaching materials using collaborative virtual reality and immersive media. For more information about the development of immersive content at TMU, please visit the TMU Libraries Immersion Studio.
The deadline for all three grants this year is October 26, 2026.