Individual Athlete Scholarships are aimed at athletes engaged in comprehensive program of intensive training and international competition in an Olympic, Paralympic or Commonwealth Games sport and discipline. Country Athlete Awards are aimed at athletes (aged 13 – 18 years, permanent residence more than 130km from Adelaide GPO) with demonstrated ability to progress to senior elite level in an Olympic, Paralympic or Commonwealth Games sport and discipline.
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Anticipated opening for 2023: Late 2022
Elite athletes who are engaged in a comprehensive program of intensive training and international competition in an Olympic, Paralympic or Commonwealth Games sport and discipline.
To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be:
To be eligible for an Award, applicants must be:
Applicants can apply for funding under the following types of Scholarships:
The Individual Athlete Scholarships provide financial assistance to offset the costs associated with high performance training, competition and equipment.
SASI Individual Athlete Scholarships are not available to athletes who are scholarship holders in a SASI sport program. Athletes in sports where SASI conducts a program applicable to their age group for the full period of the scholarship are also ineligible.
Financial assistance and performance support servicing will be tiered according to the athlete’s sport categorisation along with their recent performances and future potential at benchmark events.*
Benefits additional to the financial assistance will be available on a case-by-case basis. Benefits may include:
* Benchmark events – The highest ranked event each year specific to your sport at the appropriate age and level i.e. World Championships.
The SASI Country Athlete Award (CAA) offers financial assistance to talented junior athletes, who are performing at a national level or on the trajectory to compete at this level within 2 years in Olympic, Paralympic or Commonwealth Games sports and disciplines. This Award targets athletes from rural areas to offset expenses that may be incurred in:
CAA recipients will have demonstrated through their sporting achievements, an outstanding ability to progress to the senior elite level. Athletes who have been identified by the SASI Talent Search Program or a National Talent Identification Program in their sport will also be considered.
Please be aware that the online application contains mandatory questions that will not let you submit until answered, in a number of cases the responses are required for an application to be considered eligible.
Applicants may be required to accurately provide the following information:
All attachments must be submitted with your SmartyGrants application. Attachments and/or other information not submitted in the applicant’s SmartyGrants application may not be considered through the assessment process.
Please note it is not possible to approve all requests; therefore funding should not be deemed automatic or anticipated. Please ensure you follow the helpful hints on each question.
Once the round has closed, applications are screened to check that:
Incomplete applications may be deemed ineligible.
If the application passes screening it will be assessed by the SASI IAP Funding Assessment Committee who will take into consideration the performance achievements.
NSO’s / SSO’s will be consulted during the review process.
Please note, satisfying the principles alone does not guarantee the receipt of an award or scholarship.
Once assessment is completed, award and scholarship recommendations are forwarded to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing for consideration.
All applicants and the NSO/SSO will be notified in writing of the outcome of their application.
When unforeseen circumstances occur throughout the scholarship period, recipients can seek to amend the terms or conditions, seek additional time or amend the purpose/outcome of the grant.
If you require an amendment, please contact us with your application number and we will forward an Agreement Variation Request through SmartyGrants, which will ask what you would like varied and why you need it varied, for your scholarship.
Your Agreement Variation Request will be considered, and you will be notified of the outcome of your request.