Announcing the 2024 winners of JCU Library grants



JCU Library is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Textbook Affordability Project grant round, designed to help academic stakeholders transition to free-to-students textbook alternatives. This initiative aims to make learning more accessible and affordable for JCU students. After careful consideration, we are excited to reveal the grant winners.

JCU Library expects to offer another grant round in the first half of 2025.

TAP grant winners

$1000 winners

Dr Marc Chao
Healthcare Sciences
Adoption of existing open educational resources (OERs) and/or Library subscribed resources:
  • To replace a first-year psychology prescribed textbook
  • Savings: approx. $125 each for 183 enrolled students
  • Potential student savings: $22,875.
Dr Danica Vojisavljevic and Dr Beena Suvarna
Healthcare Sciences and Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
Adoption of existing open educational resources (OERs) and/or Library subscribed resources:
  • To replace a first-year biomed prescribed textbook
  • Savings: approx. $95 for 466 enrolled students
  • Potential student savings: $44,270.

$2000 winners

Frances Cochrane, Louise Brown, Dr Jacqueline Lim, Roger Newman and Harriet Naylor
Healthcare Sciences
Development of a JCU Open eBook titled Introduction to speech pathology practice: Foundational concepts for first-year students.
  • To replace 3 first-year speech pathology prescribed textbooks
  • Savings: approx. $380 for 132 enrolled students 
  • Potential student savings: $50,160.
Leisa Sanderson, Penny Coogan, Sandra Dash, Kate Hurley and Amy McCrystal
College of Healthcare Sciences
Development of a JCU Open eBook titled Foundations of nursing skills: A comprehensive guide for the Australian context.
  • To replace 2 first-year nursing prescribed textbooks
  • Savings: approx. $258 for 1400 enrolled students
  • Potential student savings: $361,200.

Are you rewriting curriculum to transition to trimesters and online delivery, or are you interested in similar opportunities? We are here to help:


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We look forward to seeing the incredible projects our winners will develop, making education more affordable and enriching for their students.






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