2025 Winner JCU Library-Sage Publishing Grant
JCU Library is pleased to announce Jodie Mottram as the 2025 winner of the JCU Library Sage Publishing Asia Pacific Grant for Indigenous HDR Students. Jodie is a PhD candidate and Senior Research Officer with the College of Healthcare Sciences (CHS). Jodie will receive a research grant of $5,000, and recently presented her research to the university community as part of grant requirements.
Jodie’s research topic is: Supporting a Healthy Kinship System for Indigenous Australian Infants: A Cultural Strengths Approach. The recording of Jodie’s presentation is available on our YouTube channel.
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| Slides from Jodie Mottram's Presentation |
Jodie Mottram, who describes herself as a "Proud Yorta Yorta woman and single mother of 4", seeks to use her research to "to advance knowledge and understanding on what a healthy kinship system looks like around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, through a strengths-based approach".
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| From L to R: Jayshree Mamtora, Manager Scholarly Communications. JCU Library, Jodie Mottram, 2025 Winner (on the screen), Bronwyn Mathiesen, Head of Library Services and University Librarian, JCU Library, and Dr Daniel Miller, Lecturer, College of Healthcare Sciences who accepted the Award on Jodie’s behalf. |
The Grant
The Sage Research Grant was first negotiated with Sage Publications Asia Pacific by the Library in mid-2020. As a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, Sage’s mission is to build bridges to knowledge. To this end, SAGE Publications Asia Pacific are providing funding for a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) grant to Australian Indigenous HDR students at JCU. The scholarship is subject to the provisions of James Cook University’s Coursework Scholarships, Bursaries and Grants Policy.
The Sage grant aims to support the student’s research activities. Eligibility criteria for the grant include identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and enrolment in a JCU Higher Degree Research program at one of JCU’s Australian Tropical Campuses (Townsville, Cairns or Online).
Previous winners
The inaugural winner of the SAGE grant was Tamara Sam in 2020, and Jesse King followed as the winner for 2021. Tammy and Jesse jointly carried out their presentations at the first seminar event organised by JCU Library and hosted by the Indigenous Education and Research Centre (IERC) in late 2021. Tamara’s research focused on “Staying afloat at school” – Academic buoyancy amongst Indigenous Secondary Students, while Jesse’s explored, “Does the Australian Curriculum: Technologies give a Foucault about First Nations Peoples?” Other winners included:
- 2022 Georgia Storm: Focusing on Exploring Indigenous Cultural Competence in Legal Practitioner Client Relations
- 2023 Gerry Turpin: Ethnobotanical identification and biological activities of selected Mbabaram medicinal plants
- 2024 Linda Ford: Australian Aboriginal Women's, post-sexual assault, engagement with care services
The Library looks forward to continuing to support JCU Indigenous Higher Degree by Research candidates for the foreseeable future. We are grateful to the Indigenous Education and Research Centre for their support in hosting the seminars, and the Graduate Research School in helping promote the Grant.
For further information please contact Jayshree Mamtora, Manager, Scholarly Communications, JCU Library.
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