Elite athletes

Through this program we provide students with:

• Advice, guidance and advocacy on academic planning, including enrolment and assessment needs.
• Support in negotiating flexibility to meet sporting and academic requirements, including:
  • study load and timetables
  • leave of absence to meet commitments
  • assessment deadlines
  • sitting exams externally
  • work integrated learning arrangements
  • cross-institutional study options interstate or credit transfer arrangements.
• Services, including:
  • medical, counselling and student learning assistance
  • career development, including the Horizon Award professional development workshops
  • access to the Sports Ambassador program for casual employment opportunities.

To be eligible for the program, you need to be competing in at the highest level in your State or above:

• International – representing Australia at senior and junior level.
• National – competing at national level within Australia.
• State – participating in the top tier competition in the state (with the potential to compete at national and international competition).

$90,000 in kind scholarships are available to elite athletes. These provide:

• Financial assistance towards sporting competition costs
• Gym membership with access to onsite sport and fitness facilities to train
• Allied health professional support, including dietitian, physiotherapy, & massage
• Coached strength and conditioning programming and facility access
• Australian University Games package waived (travel not included).

Access to the level of these services depends on the following 3 scholarship tiers:

Applications for 2018 have now closed and all scholarships awarded. Please view full details.

If you are eligible for the program and enrolled as a Flinders University student, you will be required to submit your application (one per academic year) prior to the relevant semester census date.

Applications made after the census date will be considered where you can demonstrate:

• you were not advised of your selection for participation in an elite sporting event or team until after the census date; or
• there were extenuating circumstances beyond your control which prevented you from submitting the application before the census date.

Please:

• have documentation ready for upload before beginning your application, this will require a written reference (on letterhead) from your coach, club or association confirming your participation at international, national or state (highest level in the state) competition; and
  
• note that where your application is successful, it will only be effective for the academic year in which it is granted and you will be required to re-apply for consideration for each subsequent year of study.

If you have any questions, please contact us at eliteathlete@flinders.edu.au.