travel assistance

Competing at higher levels often means travelling far from home — and the costs can add up quickly. To help ease the financial pressure, MWAS has compiled a list of grant opportunities available to support local athletes with travel and accommodation expenses related to competitions and development programs. These grants aim to ensure that regional talent has the opportunity to thrive, no matter the distance. Explore the options below to see what support is available.

Grant options

Regional Athlete Travel Subsidy Scheme

The Regional Athlete Travel Subsidy Scheme (ATSS) provided by the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, is an initiative supporting regional athletes who have progressed into the high performance pathway of their chosen sport and are pursuing regional, state and national representation.

Eligible regional athletes can receive funding for out-of-pocket travel and accommodation expenses directly related to competitions and programs in accordance with the performance level categories and eligibility criteria outlined in the application guidelines.

Subsidies for regional athletes are provided through the State Government’s Royalties for Regions Program.

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JK Foundation Sports Assistance Program

The JK Foundation’s Sport Assistance Program exists to see athletes in regional areas be able to access resources and opportunities for competition, pathways and development in their chosen sport. The aim is to ensure that remoteness or resources are not a barrier to someone achieving their goals in sport and is particularly focussed on supporting those experiencing difficulty or disadvantage. The Sport Assistance Program is open to young people aged 12 to 18.

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Australian Sports Commission - Local Sporting Champions

The Local Sporting Champions program provides financial assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships.

If successful, applicants will receive $500-$750 towards the cost of attending their championships.

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D’Arcy Slater Foundation:

The purpose of the D’Arcy Slater scholarship is to assist youth in the pursuit of sporting goals of excellence with the specific objective to provide a scholarship fund to offset costs associated with training for or competing at a significant sporting career milestone competition.

Scholarships will be offered on a bi-annual basis, to ensure that both winter and summer sports have equal opportunity to be considered. Up to eight individual scholarships worth $5,000 will be awarded annually.

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Athletics West: Brayshaw Aboriginal Regional Scholarship

The Brayshaw Aboriginal Regional Scholarship Program (BRASP) is intended to provide financial assistance to regionally based Western Australian athletes of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage.