In November 2020, the Viking OER and Textbook Affordability Initiative invited faculty members to apply for $500 mini grants to support "zero cost" courses, where the total cost of course materials for students is $0. Instructors who had developed "zero cost" courses and are teaching those courses in Fall 2020 and/or Spring 2021 were eligible to apply for the award by December 15, 2020.
Congratulations to the recipients of this year's awards, who are as follows:
| Faculty | Department | Course(s) |
| Lisa Delissio | Biology | BIO 218 |
| Brett Ely | Sport and Movement Science | SMS |
| Tatyana Gofshteyn | Economics | ECO 201 |
| Melanie Gonzalez | Education: Secondary and Higher Education | EDC 721 |
| Jeannette Lindholm | English | ENL 130 |
| Michele Louro | History | HST 105 |
| Sara Moore | Sociology | SOC 217 |
| Megan Shumaker Murphy | Education: Early Childhood and Care | EDC 721 |
| Anne Noonan | Psychology | PSY 322, 333 |
| Francesca Pomerantz | Education: Early Childhood and Care | EDC 805 |
| Thea Popolizio | Biology | BIO 131 |
| Sheila Marie Schreiner | Biology | BIO 304 |
| Amy Smith | Media and Communication | MCO 225 |
| Cindy Vincent | Media and Communication | MCO 220 |