Projects and Grants
Projects and Grants
The State University of New York (SUNY) receives $4 million annually from New York State to support the sustained use of Open Educational Resources (OER). From 2017 through Fall 2024, this support has helped students and families save more than $105.7 million across the SUNY system.
For more information or questions, contact oer@suny.edu.
Details of funding models for each year are below.
Current Projects
2025 SUNY OER Impact Grants
The 2025 SUNY OER Impact Grants, in alignment with the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG), have been awarded. This joint initiative supported academic innovation across the SUNY system by funding projects that advance the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and innovative instructional technologies.
Funded projects are contributing to a SUNY-wide community of practice focused on scaling innovation. All participants are engaging in a collaborative effort to explore and expand the use of:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning, and/or
- Open Educational Resources (OER) development
Awardees, ranging from individuals to campus-wide teams, are participating in structured activities designed to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing across institutions. Additional partnerships may emerge as projects evolve post-award.
For a list of all IITG and OER Impact Grant funded projects, visit the Current Projects page.
For program background, see the 2025 IITG/OER Impact Grants Program Apply page.
2024 SUNY OER Impact Grants
Funded 2024 SUNY OER Impact Grant Projects
OER Impact grants are combined with Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) for 2024. The combined call for proposals for the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Impact Grants provides funding opportunities designed to foster academic innovation.
This year, a new two-stage proposal process will increase SUNY-wide collaboration by inviting all campus faculty and staff to align innovative ideas with the Chancellor’s four strategic pillars (detailed below). These ideas will be aggregated and organized with all participants being required to participate in a brief community building effort to scale innovations by exploring use of:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning, and/or
- Open Educational Resources (OER) development
Program applicants (individuals, groups, or campuses) must participate in both stages to receive funds, additional partnerships however, may be formed post-award decisions.
Please see the IITG and OER 2024 Request for Proposals for more information.
2023 SUNY OER Impact Grants
Funded 2023 SUNY OER Impact Grants Projects
For 2023, selected institutions will be awarded SUNY OER Grants to support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success. There are two levels of grant funding – up to $15,000 and up to $30,000. Grants will be awarded for projects such as:
- Large-scale adoption of OER for high-enrollment courses and gateway courses with the highest drop/fail/withdrawal rates
- Creation of OER, such as open textbooks, adaptive courses, and ancillary materials
- Professional development supporting OER and open pedagogy
- For more information visit the 2023 OER Grants Program page https://oer.suny.edu/2023grants/
Previous Projects
Prior SUNY OER Funding Opportunities
2019-2020
- Discipline-focused faculty development
- Change Management and sustainability cohorts
- One-third of campuses participated in facilitated sustainability workshops in 2019-2021
- A two-year guided approach to sustainability
- Limited new OER course section funding 2018-2019 SUNY OER Funding
2018-2019
- Baseline and Course Section
- OER Degree Program Development
- OER Creation Projects
2017-2018
- Baseline funding and per student enrollment funding
SUNY OER Services Funded OER Degree Programs
- A.S. in Liberal Arts English and Humanities at Corning Community College
- A.S. Liberal Arts in Math and Science at Herkimer Community College
- M.A. in Learning and Emerging Technologies at Empire State College
- Gen Ed pathway at SUNY Oneonta
Sustainability
Sustainability planning should occur at the beginning of the OER initiative. rpk GROUP worked with the SUNY System Office and OER implementation teams at four institutions to develop a set of resources to assist campuses with OER sustainability planning. In ad
