Making Textbooks More Affordable

Innovator Grants for Faculty

The University System of Ohio has also launched a competitive faculty grant program that recognizes and rewards efforts to make learning materials more affordable.

University System of Ohio Textbook Affordability Grants

The new University System of Ohio Textbook Affordability Grant program makes $250,000 available to faculty teams who develop, build, and package collections of course materials offered free to students. The University System of Ohio will fund as many as five projects up to $50,000 per course offering.

*The nominating period for the Textbook Affordability Grants has ended.

University System of Ohio Faculty Innovator Awards

In order to award and stimulate the creation of innovative, affordable instructional materials for students in the University System of Ohio, Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut has created the University System of Ohio Faculty Innovator Awards. Each winning recipient will receive a $1,000 cash award for using technological innovation to reduce the cost of textbooks to students. Funds for the program come from the Ohio Learning Network (OLN) Investment Fund. OLN is a consortium of Ohio colleges and universities dedicated to using technology in teaching and learning, as well as promoting shared statewide resources.

Faculty Innovators

The Faculty Innovator Awards will recognize 10 outstanding faculty at University System of Ohio institutions who have been creative in their use of using digital content (video, simulations, e-texts and journals, visualizations, etc.) in courses, which ultimately lower the out-of-pocket cost of course materials for students. By creating digital materials, faculty can usher in a new era of learning materials that, if properly implemented, will improve student learning, encourage new, creative thinking from Ohio’s talented faculty, and reduce out-of-pocket costs for textbooks and related materials for college and university students across Ohio.

*The nominating period for the Faculty Innovator Awards has ended.