2022 Grants Program

FUNDING MECHANISMS

Small Grants for Research on Lottery Gambling

Application Deadline: Sept. 1, 2022

The International Center for Responsible Gaming and the Hoosier Lottery are collaborating on a special initiative to encourage research on responsible gambling as it relates to lottery gambling. Research projects may include but are not limited to: 

• Stand-alone research projects or a pilot project; 

• Preliminary research in preparation for a large research project, such as a comprehensive literature review, or instrument development and testing; and 

• Research tasks subsequent to a full research project, such as follow-up testing. 

Applicants may request up to $25,000 in direct costs and $5,000 in Facilities and Administration costs.

Download Announcement of Small Grants for Research on Lottery Gambling

Download Small Grants for Research on Lottery Gambling application form

Questions? Contact Christine Reilly (creilly@icrg.org)

Student Research Grants on Gambling

Application Deadline: Sept. 1, 2022

The ICRG and the Hoosier Lottery are collaborating on a special initiative to encourage gambling research among master’s and PhD degree students. 

Eligible applicants are either master’s degree students or doctoral students at the dissertation stage of training. Applicants who are PhD students must have an approved dissertation proposal (at the time of the award).

Applications from institutions based in the state of Indiana will be considered especially competitive.

Applicants may request up to $5,000

Applicants may focus on any aspect of gambling disorder, including prevention strategies such as responsible gambling.

Download announcement of Student Research Grant

Download Student Research Grant application form

Questions? Contact Christine Reilly (creilly@icrg.org)

Center of Excellence Grant in Gambling Research

Application Deadline: Oct. 1, 2022

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance development, implementation and validation of interventions to minimize gambling-related harm through responsible gambling programs. The ICRG is especially interested in understanding and addressing the low usage of responsible gambling tools. 

The following are examples of areas of interest to the RFA:

• Is messaging the reason for low uptake of RG programs? We encourage a critical examination of RG language and testing of new messaging.

• Determining the perception of  people who gamble, ranging from low to high engagement, of existing RG programs and coping tools, and how to enhance the uptake and effectiveness of these tools.

• A critical examination of advertising and awareness efforts, and how to elevate awareness of RG tools.

• An exploration of voluntary versus mandatory RG tools and the impact on uptake.

• Examination of the impact of modifications to gambling product design and availability on minimizing gambling-related harm.

• Replication studies of existing research, such as Positive Play, that address the positive and negative perceptions of RG.

Applicants may request up to $402,500 for a three-year grant.

Download the Announcement for the Center of Excellence Grant

Download the Application Form for the Center of Excellence Grant

Questions? Contact Christine Reilly (creilly@icrg.org)

Request for Applications on Emerging Adults and Gambling

Application Deadline: Oct. 1, 2022

The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for research grants to study gambling and gambling problems among emerging adults in the US.

The ICRG is open to a variety of topics in proposals responding to this request for applications (RFA). Here are some possibilities:

• A social norms approach has been used effectively in college alcohol prevention studies as well as college gambling projects. Applicants might experiment with this approach in the development and testing of new responsible gambling and intervention strategies suitable for this demographic group.

• A national survey of gambling behaviors and problems among young adults in the US such as a replication of past studies.

• A study of young adult involvement in daily fantasy sports, online sports wagering, betting on eSports and other forms of online gambling.

• The convergence of video game playing and online gambling (online sports wagering, gambling on e-Sports, daily fantasy sports, etc.). Is there significant migration from video gaming to online gambling?

• The predictors of gambling problems in this population group.

Applicants may request up to $172,500 for a two-year grant.

Download the Announcement for the RFA on Emerging Adults

Download the Announcement for the Large Grant Application Form

Questions? Contact Christine Reilly (creilly@icrg.org)

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ICRG Planned Enrollment Report

ICRG Policy on Academic Integrity and Research Misconduct

“Research misconduct is defined as fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, and does not include honest error or differences of opinion.” (ORI 2005)

ICRG is committed to ensuring the academic integrity of all research funded with its grants. ICRG conducts multiple reviews of grant applications and related proposals every year. Peer reviewers who believe they have identified research misconduct in the form of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism are required to alert ICRG’s Senior Research Director immediately upon such concern. The allegation must not be discussed during peer review, and the reviewer making the allegation will be reminded of the ICRG policy on confidentiality. An application flagged for possible misconduct will still be put through the peer review process.  

Within 30 days of being alerted to possible misconduct, the Senior Research Director will convene a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to discuss the allegation. The Senior Research Director will be required to assess any conflicts of interest within the SAB prior to the meeting. 

Within 30 days of such meeting, the SAB will decide by at least a two-thirds/majority vote of all of its then members if the alleged misconduct should be reported to the grant applicant’s institutional office of research integrity.  Alleged misconduct must be deemed egregious in the eyes of the SAB to be so reported. The Senior Research Director will then be solely responsible for any communications with the applicant’s institution on behalf of ICRG.

NIH Office of Scientific Integrity Definitions for purposes of this Policy:

Fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them. 

Falsification:  Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented   

Plagiarism: The appropriation of another’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit 

References:

Handling Misconduct | ORI - The Office of Research Integrity. (2005). The Office of Research Integrity. https://ori.hhs.gov/handling-misconduct

Eisner, R., & Vasgird, D. (2003). Responsible Conduct of Research : Research Misconduct. https://Ccnmtl.Columbia.Edu/Projects/Rcr/Rcr_misconduct/WinResources.Html.

Questions about the ICRG Grants Program? Contact Christine Reilly (creilly@icrg.org)