Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) has opened applications for grant funding to support academic research into gambling-related harm, according to Gambling Insider.

The agency has earmarked €1 million (roughly $1.1 million) this year to support studies focused on gambling-related harm. Applications will be accepted through June 18, 2025, and all research must be wrapped up by June 30, 2026.

The grants are open to both public and private research institutions. Nonprofits are also eligible if partnered with one of these institutions under a formal collaboration agreement.

The DGOJ has outlined six key focus areas for the proposals. These include early detection of problem gambling behavior and the broader psychological and social fallout from excessive gambling.

Gambling Park notes: This initiative has been running since 2022, when Spain first introduced a legal framework to subsidize academic research into gambling harm prevention.