Funded NSOs/NSODs must meet and comply with the Sport Australia and Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) NSO/NSOD Recognition Criteria and Agreement, as well as the requirements outlined in their Sport Investment Agreement.
Sport Australia invests in National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) and National Sporting Organisations for People with Disability (NSODs) to increase participation in sport.
In 2020-21, Sport Australia will distribute a total of $17.26 million in Core Participation Funding to NSOs and NSODs, in accordance to the Core-Participation-Funding-Investment-Guidelines-2020-21.pdf.
High Performance investment to NSOs is aligned to sports with the greatest potential of contributing to the delivering sustainable international success at multi-sport pinnacle events (the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games) and international podium results in these sports. This is in line with the HP Investment Guidelines published in July 2018.
In line with the National High Performance Sport Strategy (NHPSS) objectives, the AIS committed critical funding to 34 NSOs for 2020-21 to provide much-needed certainty and stability in the re-set for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games. This funding included an increase to the ongoing base funding of seven Paralympic sports and one-off increases to 3 Olympic sports.
Current 2020-21 allocations for Participation, High Performance and other projects are provided in the investment allocations outlined below.
Investment-allocation-2020-21-Website-as-at-28-March-2022.pdf