2025 Alberta Gambling Research Institute (AGRI) 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.

Partner University Support

The Post-doctoral Fellow and Supervisor are to confirm Partner University support, examples of, which include the following:

• Working/office space
• Access to Partner University library(ies)
• Opportunity to present at Faculty colloquia
• Email access
• Opportunities to teach

Summary

The purpose of the Alberta Gambling Research Institute (AGRI) Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant is to support original research on gambling and to provide training and mentorship to emerging scholars working in gambling-related fields.

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 2024/2025 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 incorporates a gambling focus are eligible.

Financial support
Maximum total award will be $130,000 ($65,000 salary & benefits and $5,000 research allowance per year for two (2) years – maximum PDF length will be two (2) years). 

The Alberta Gambling Research Institute welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including those from within employment equity categories of women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities/racialized peoples, Indigenous peoples, and people of diverse gender identities and sexual orientation as well as all groups protected by the Human Rights Act. They are committed to employment equity and diversity and a positive and supportive environment. They offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities in our recruitment processes. 

Overhead

Overhead/indirect costs are not eligible.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

Guidelines & Application Form: PDF / Word