Community benefit fund: gambling research grants

Introduction

The gambling research grant supports research activities directed at:

  • problem gambling
  • the economic impact of gambling activities and associated issues.

The funds come from a levy on electronic gaming machines in licensed hotels.

Gambling research is an important tool that helps to inform policy development around gambling issues.

Your research must have direct benefit and application to the Northern Territory.

For details of successful grant recipients from the latest round, go to the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (DITT) website.

You can also see past completed research on the DITT website.


Who can apply

If you want to apply for the gambling research grants in the Northern Territory (NT) you must be a:

  • higher education institution
  • reputable and recognised research facility.

You cannot have any outstanding acquittals with the community benefit fund (CBF).

How often can you apply

You can only apply for one round of gambling research grants each year.

You need to submit your application before 30 August each year.

You can conduct research projects outside of the round only if the CBF has identified a need.

What you can apply for

You can only use this grant funding to support gambling related research projects.

The amount of funding for individual research activities is limited by the available budget and priority needs. Contact the CBF by calling 1300 650 153 to discuss  priority needs.

If your grant is for more than $100,000 or twelve months in duration, you must meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • the project is a partnership between two or more organisations
  • the project covers a wide geographic area or has peculiar methodological demands
  • the project will bring substantial benefit to the whole community.

The program may support collaborative research with other funding bodies. You must be able to clearly demonstrate how specific CBF components or demands will be accounted for.


How your application is assessed

This page provides information on how your application for the gambling research grants is assessed.

Your application will be assessed by the director-general of licensing.

The director-general of licensing will make a recommendation to the responsible Minister.

Only research proposals that show the research can be completed within the funding allocation and identified time frame will be considered.

Your application should include below points:

  • does it meet the current priority
  • must clearly show how the project will advance understanding of an issue, or contribute to an actual reduction in gambling-related problems
  • a strategy for disseminating findings to achieve practical benefits
  • efficiency and effectiveness of the project design and consistency with ethical research standards
  • support for the principles of harm minimisation
  • access to any other sources of funding for the project or related activities
  • practical and financial contributions made to the project by the organisation requesting funding.

Once an outcome has been determined for your application, the CBF secretariat will write and advise you of the outcome.


If your application is successful

This page provides information on what to do when your application is successful.

Successful applications

If you are successful, you have 12 months from the date of your successful letter to claim your funding and sign the agreement.

If you don't claim within 12 months, your funding will be forfeited and you will have to re-apply.

Unsuccessful applications          

If your application is unsuccessful you will receive an email.

Receiving the funds

You will be paid your grant as shown in the payment schedule included in your funding agreement.


How to manage your grant

This page contains information on how to manage your gambling research grant funding.

You must submit request for variations to funding agreements in writing to the community benefit fund (CBF) secretariat.

You have the right to any intellectual property developed as a result of your project.

The Northern Territory (NT) Government has the right to use the intellectual property without cost in furthering its objectives and purposes.

Details of successful and unsuccessful grant applications may be published or used by the NT Government in any form and at any time.

These details may include:

  • name of applicant organisation
  • amount of funding
  • project details
  • any special approval conditions
  • reasons for approval or non-approval
  • photos.

You may be contacted for feedback on your application experience.

Your participation is voluntary and does not affect how applications are assessed or monitored.

Funding approval may be withdrawn at any time.

This may happen if there is a change in circumstances or your organisation or project is not financially viable.

Gambling research grants must be acquitted in the time frame detailed in your funding agreement.

You can acquit the grant earlier if the project has been completed or it will not proceed.

If you do not acquit your grant, you will not be able to apply for other community benefit grants.

If you used grant funding to buy all or part of an asset worth more than $10,000 when you bought it, you must get permission from the Northern Territory Government to dispose of it.

This only applies to assets purchased within five years from date of purchase, unless you have stated in your application how it is to be disposed of.

To get permission to dispose of an asset you need to send a request to community benefit fund (CBF) secretariat.

You should include in your request:

  • why you need to dispose of it
  • explain the benefit to your organisation and the community to dispose of this asset.

For further information call 1300 650 153. You can email your request to dispose of assets to cbf.ntg@nt.gov.au.

You are not required to return any unspent funds less than $100.

If you have more than $100 of unspent funds left, you must refund the CBF.

You can refund the money by either:

  • cheque payable to the Receiver of Territory Monies
  • or contact the CBF secretariat and request an invoice to be created that will allow for electronic payment.

Grant acquittals are incomplete until all money subject to the refund policy is received.


Contact

This page provides information on contact details for submitting community benefit fund grants.

Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade
Community benefit fund secretariat
Level 3 NAB House
71 Smith Street 
Darwin NT 0800

GPO Box 1154
Darwin NT 0801

Freecall: 1300 650 153
cbf.ntg@nt.gov.au