Para Athlete Barriers Fund

The Para Athlete Barriers Fund is a one-off grant program to support categorised athletes to overcome individual barriers to their progression or performance in Para sports.

To be eligible to apply for the Para Athlete Barriers Fund you must, at the time of application:

• be an athlete categorised by a recognised National Sporting Organisation (NSO) or National Sporting Organisation for people with Disability (NSOD) in a para sport
• be categorised into one of the following disciplines as per the Athlete Categorisation Framework:
  • Podium
  • Podium Ready
  • Podium Potential
  • Developing
  • Emerging

• be actively participating with a recognised NSO/D in training and competition within their para sport;
• have no anti-doping rule violations any time; and
• have no match fixing offences at any time.