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Affordable Learning Georgia Awards $445K in Grant Round 26

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) recently awarded more than $445,000 to University System of Georgia faculty and instructors to further the adoption and use of open educational resources, or OER.

Kennesaw State University received the most grants and the highest award total, with $156,351.70 in funding for 10 projects.

In this grant round, ALG awarded $445,489.85 in funding for 32 proposals out of 60 applicants. Topics included law, politics and geometry, and award amounts ranged from $2,000 to $30,000.

These grants will save students an estimated $648,000 annually in the cost of course materials.

An initiative of GALILEO and the University System of Georgia, ALG promotes student success by increasing the availability of affordable alternatives to expensive commercial textbooks.

Since its inception, the grant program has awarded more than $9.6 million.

Round 26 Grant Awardees

Clayton State University

  • $10,000 (Lead: Dmitriy Beznosko)

College of Coastal Georgia

  • $30,000 (Lead: Drew Cagle)

Columbus State University

  • $6,459 (Lead: Patrice Kerner)

Fort Valley State University

  • $23,000 (Lead: Oreta Samples)
  • $9,957 (Lead: Samuel Cartwright)

Georgia Gwinnett College

  • 30,000 (Lead: Qing Shao)

Georgia Highlands College

  • $3,449 (Lead: J. Sean Callahan)

Georgia Southern University

  • $ 28,852.15 (Lead: Meenalosini Vimal Cruz)
  • $ 27,731 (Lead: Heidi Eisenreich)
  • $10,000 (Lead: Heidi Eisenreich)

Kennesaw State University

  • $17,000 (Lead: Youngguk Seo)
  • $15,3000 (Lead: Parminder Kaur Juneja)
  • $29,999.88 (Lead: Tamara Powell)
  • $20,000 (Lead: Bobin Deng)
  • $28,007.82 (Lead: Chanler Hilley)
  • $10,000 (Lead: Xinyue Zhang)
  • $10,000 (Lead: Shirley Tian)
  • $ 6,494 (Lead: Ben Wadsworth)
  • $9,550 (Lead: Da Hu)
  • $10,000 (Lead: Chelsee Dickson)

University of Georgia

  • $20,000 (Lead: Teena Wilhelm)
  • $4,000 (Lead: Jean Mangan)
  • $6,000 (Lead: Jessica Jensen)
  • $6,000 (Lead: Jessica Jensen)
  • $8,000 (Lead: Marc Iuliucci)
  • $4,000 (Lead: Shelby Dickerson)
  • $8,670 (Lead: Bradley Barnes
  • $8,670 (Lead: Michael Cotterell)
  • $6,000 (Lead: Nicholas Llewellyn)

University of West Georgia

  • $20,000 (Lead: Toni Franklin)
  • $10,600 (Lead: Agnieszka Chwialkowska)
  • $7,750 (Lead: Alexander Claussen)