2023 Alberta Gambling Research Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Eligibility

Doctoral degree holders who are eligible to be appointed as a Post-doctoral Fellow (Fellow) by one of the Partner Universities who provide evidence of existing research affiliation; application within Partner University’s approved existing framework. The applicant may apply before completion of a doctoral degree, but the applicant must be completed their doctoral degree before taking up the PDF position.  The PDF must be supervised by a faculty member at a Partner University.  The Supervisor’s role is to include regular meetings with the PDF and support, as required, the PDF’s research activities.

Detailed budgets must be submitted with all applications.

Eligible costs include:

• Salary and benefits
• Maximum total award will be $120,000 ($55,000 salary & benefits and $5,000 research allowance per year for two (2) years – maximum PDF length will be two (2) years).

Eligible Research Allowance costs include:

• Costs directly related to research

• Equipment acquired with grant monies is the property of the host Partner University and reasonable requests for other uses of research funds will be accommodated wherever possible

• Varied and innovative knowledge translation/transfer initiative

• Open Access (OA) publishing fees are allowed; however, discounted Author Processing Charges (APC) should be investigated and utilized whenever possible. For OA APC information and a list of  available discounts/waivers in gambling-related journals – see: https://research.ucalgary.ca/alberta-gambling-research-institute/resources/open-access-and-author-processing-charges.

If journals without APCs or discounted APCs cannot be used, justification for the non-discounted journal is required along with its associated costs.

Summary

The Alberta Gambling Research Institute (the Institute) is a consortium of the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, and Lethbridge (the “Partner Universities”). The Institute’s mission is ‘to facilitate evidence-based broad research that informs gambling public policy and educates Albertans and the wider audience about the effects of gambling’.

The provincial government has committed resources to support research and build capacity at the participant Universities. This grant application cycle runs from October 2, 2023 to December 4, 2023. The Institute’s other activities include:

• funding of literature reviews on various gambling-related research topics;
• supporting capacity building at each of the participant Universities;
• developing and maintaining the Institute website;
• developing the collections and promoting access to library and support resources;
• organizing and sponsoring symposia and conferences;
• participating in research events;
• disseminating information and publications on current research; and,
• awarding graduate and doctoral level scholarships and research allowances to new scholars.

Goals of the Institute:

1. To encourage, foster, and solicit research to better understand the role and impacts of gambling on the individual and society
2. To ensure research is collaborative and has stakeholder support
3. To support the development of research capacities across broad research disciplines
4. To contribute to making research accessible, useful and applied

Stakeholder Identified High Priority Research Areas

For the 2023/2024 application cycle, the following stakeholder identified priorities will receive particular consideration:

• Public policy
• Indigenous / First Nations gambling
• Longitudinal follow up studies
• Internet / Remote gambling 
• Provision and delivery of effective treatment programs 
• Socio-economic / Economic 

These topics for research projects are encouraged but submissions are not restricted to only these topics. Applications for other research topics that incorporate a gambling focus are eligible.

Guidelines & Application Form: PDF / Word

Overhead

Institutional overhead may not be charged against AGRI grants.

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

Please contact the Institute's Executive Director at gfwong@ucalgary.ca