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The call for applications for the Gambling-Related Suicide Research Programme is now closed, and all applications have undergone peer review and adjudication.
For more information about the funding calls, see the original call for applications.
Peer Review and Adjudication Process
Each proposal submitted to the Gambling Related Suicide Research Programme was reviewed by three external peer reviewers with relevant expertise. Before conducting their reviews, each peer reviewer was screened for potential conflicts of interest and whether they had existing relationships with applicants that may influence their review. Peer reviewers who were comfortable making their identity public are listed below. Each reviewer was asked to assess the proposal based on the evaluation criteria described in SECTION 7 of the application guidelines (Qualitative application guidelines & Quantitative application guidelines). All those involved in the process were offered an honorarium.
Each proposal was also independently reviewed by each Adjudication Committee Co-Chair (see below). Aggregated anonymized peer reviews were provided to the Co-Chairs who then considered each proposal based the peer reviewers’ assessments, their own assessments, and the stated objectives of the research programme. A meeting was convened in which the proposals were discussed, ranked, and funding decisions were made.
Adjudication Committee Co-Chairs (in alphabetical order)
Becca Coster, Head of Market Insight, University of Essex. Former member of the Gambling Commission’s Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) who provided expert independent advice on the basis of lived experience of gambling harms.
Anna van der Gaag, Visiting Professor, Ethics and Regulation, University of Surrey, UK, and Chair, Advisory Board for Safer Gambling at the Gambling Commission (declined honorarium).
Peer Reviewers (in alphabetical order)
Zoë Boden-Stuart, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton. Public Profile: https://research.dev.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/zoe-boden-stuart
Michael Goodstadt, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Public Profile: https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/goodstadt-michael/
Anna Lavis, Medical Anthropology, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham. Public Profile: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/applied-health/lavis-anna.aspx
Fiona Nicoll, Professor of Political Science and Alberta Gambling Research Institute Research Director, University of Alberta and editor of the international journal Critical Gambling Studies. (declined honorarium)
Jani Selin, Senior researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. Public Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jani-selin-11761674/?originalSubdomain=fi
Brianna Turner, Psychology, University of Victoria. Public Profile: https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/psychology/people/faculty-directory/turner-brianna.php