The ISIE Education Committee is pleased to launch a Pilot Textbook Grant Program, kindly sponsored by ISIE. This initiative aims to support IE educators in accessing essential textbooks for effective teaching while also enriching school libraries with valuable learning materials. By providing textbooks to both educators and university libraries, we help ensure that students enrolled in foundational courses will have access to learning materials, reducing the burden of textbook fees, especially for those who do not have the means.
Program Details
Eligibility: The program is open to educators who are members of ISIE and are actively teaching industrial ecology or establishing industrial ecology courses at higher education institutions. Priority will be allocated to members from low income and lower middle-income countries (by World Bank definition) and those who demonstrate strong need.
Each educational institution can submit up to two applications per year.
Textbook Selection: Educators can select textbooks from the ISIE Educational Resource List, ensuring relevance to an industrial ecology curriculum. Requests to add new textbooks to this list can be performed on the same page, which will be subject to approval.
Grant Allocation: Each approved educator can receive up to two (2) copies of the requested textbook for their teaching purposes and five (5) additional copies for donation to their school library. Shipment costs will also be covered by the grant.
Reporting: Educators will be required to commit to using the texts and provide feedback on the usefulness of the textbooks in their teaching practices and the impact on student learning. This information will be helpful for program evaluation and future improvements.
Application Process
There will be two calls for applications:
- Round 1 – Submissions welcome between now to 15 January 2026
- Round 2 – Submissions welcome between 15 March 2026 to 15 July 2026
Application outcomes will be released one month after the due dates. Textbook orders will be placed upon acceptance of the offer. Please account for order shipping time.
For further enquiries, please contact lcheah@usc.edu.au.
