Open Textbook Pilot Program
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 21, 2026
Archive date: July 23, 2026
Close date: June 23, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362511
Opportunity number: ED-GRANT-26-035
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Office of Postsecondary Education
Agency code: DOL-OPE
Award floor: $1,500,000
Award ceiling: $2,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Education
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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- category_of_funding_activity:education
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Open Textbook Pilot Program (OTP) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Secretary of Education (Secretary). The purpose of the OTP program is to support projects at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) or State higher education agencies that create new open textbooks and expand the use of open textbooks and course materials in courses that are part of a degree-granting program, particularly those with high enrollments. This pilot program emphasizes the development of projects that demonstrate the greatest potential to achieve the highest level of savings for students through sustainable, expanded use of open textbooks in high-enrollment courses or in programs that prepare individuals for in-demand fields.