Need help with complex PDF accessibility? Apply for a micro-grant by Sept. 25

From: Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies

Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS) is pleased to announce PDF Accessibility Micro-Grants to fund the professional accessibility remediation of complex PDF documents used for instruction, research, administration, and public-facing university services.

For the purposes of this program, complex PDF documents are those containing charts, tables, graphs, images, scanned content, mathematical notation, scientific content, forms, or other elements that require specialized accessibility techniques beyond standard text remediation. 

The program offers two funding opportunities:

• Individual Micro-Grants – Support individual Virginia Tech employees with remediation of one or more complex PDFs containing up to 500 pages.

• Strategic Partnership Micro-Grants – Support larger-scale projects proposed by colleges, departments, or administrative units to remediate collections of PDFs containing up to 2,000 pages.

Supported through critical needs funding organized by the Campus Accessibility Working Group (CAWG), this program is designed to reduce the challenges associated with manually remediating complex PDF documents while maintaining a fair, transparent, and high-impact distribution of university remediation resources. 

Priority consideration may be given to collections of PDFs involving required course materials, high-enrollment courses, public-facing websites, and documents that benefit large numbers of students, employees, or members of the public.

Employees from all Virginia Tech colleges, departments, and administrative units are encouraged to apply by Friday, Sept. 25.