OpenUP Grant: applications now open!

From today, educators at Maastricht University (UM) can apply for the OpenUP Grant, an opportunity to transform your teaching materials into open, accessible, and reusable resources.

a picture of a classroom and a visual element that says you can win an OpenUp grant of €5000

With a grant of €5,000 per project, twelve grants are available across all faculties. Whether you want to develop an open textbook, create collaborative learning materials with your students, or make your existing course materials more widely available, the OpenUP Grant provides both financial and institutional support to make it happen. The OpenUP Grant is made possible by Npuls.

Curious about what is possible? The first round of the OpenUP Grant resulted in, among others, an AI-powered conversational tool for exam preparation, an open textbook on legal network analysis, and an open textbook on the challenges of psychological measurement. Read about these projects in recent news items.

Applications are open until 5 June 2026. Find all information about the grant, the selection criteria, and the application form on the OpenUP page.

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Contact

For further questions or if you’re unsure whether this grant is right for you, feel free to contact Michel Saive (Scientific Information Specialist OA & OER) and Akorshi Sengupta (Specialist Open Science in Education) via the contact form below.