Libraries and Collections
Affordable Course Material Initiative

Application Procedure

A total of $10,000 is available for the 2013-14 academic year:

  • Five awards of $1,000 each for instructors teaching courses with enrollments of fewer than two hundred students
  • Two awards of $2,500 each for instructors teaching courses with enrollment of two hundred or more students

Eligibility

Each applicant must be the instructor of record. Courses can be at the undergraduate or graduate level but must be for enrolled students (i.e., not UCLA Extension courses).

Procedure

The one-page application form is available in Adobe PDF (application and instructions available separately) or Microsoft Word formats. Both are interactive forms, which can be saved and submitted via email, or the form can be printed and mailed.

Mail print applications to: UCLA Library Affordable Course Materials Initiative; 11334 Charles E. Young Research Library; Mailcode 157511. Email electronic applications to: collections@library.ucla.edu. Applicants will receive confirmation notices when their application forms are received.

All applicants are also required to attend a one-hour workshop at which Library staff members will introduce search strategies and possible sources for open-access or low-cost instructional resources, and applicants can share ideas with one another and brainstorm; see dates below.

Applications will be reviewed by a small committee that includes UCLA faculty honored for their teaching accomplishments.

Deadlines

  • For Fall Quarter 2013 courses: The application period has closed.
  • For Winter Quarter 2014: Applications due Friday, September 6. Workshop dates TBD
  • For Spring Quarter 2014: Applications due Friday, October 11. Workshop dates TBD

Funds will be awarded throughout the 2013-14 academic year until they have been exhausted. With that in mind, instructors teaching courses in the winter and spring 2014 quarters are encouraged to apply by the earlier deadlines.

Award Announcements

The inaugural awardees will be notified by Friday, May 10. Each awardee will be assigned an individual librarian, who will work personally with him or her to assist with locating materials.

For Further Information

If you have any questions, send an email to collections@library.ucla.edu or call 310.825.6925.