Sport NI Athlete Award applications open
The High Performance Unit at Cycling Ireland would like to invite applications from Northern Irish athletes for the Sport Northern Ireland athlete awards 2025-26.
Last year young, aspiring professional cyclists from NI received £29k in total funding to help with living and training costs, with grant aided athletes featuring at World and Continental Championships in a variety of disciplines over the last year.
The Award is designed to help reduce the financial burden of sustaining a professional lifestyle for riders that have the potential to achieve elite level success at Olympic, Paralympic, World or CWG level.
In the 2025-26 Athlete Award year Sport NI will have a focus on athletes who can deliver performances at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and/or are on a trajectory to LA 2028 Olympic/ Paralympic Games.
Further details are available on the Sport NI Website here: Athlete Award Programme 2025-26 | Sport NI. Guidance notes are available here: 2025-26-Athlete-Award-guidance.pdf please read carefully.
Applications to this award are strictly via Cycling Ireland, and not direct to Sport NI. Athlete applications must come to Cycling Ireland using the form here. Please download and complete this form in it’s original format and send to selection@cyclingireland.ie e-mail address, copying in HPAdmin@cyclingireland.ie before close of business on Tuesday 11th March. Late applications cannot be accepted.
Any enquiries regarding the suitability of individual applications can be directed to selection@cyclingireland.ie