Professional Development Scholarships

In 2024-25, the program offered 6 streams:

• Learning Stream: Grants of up to $5,000 to access specialist skill development, for those in the early years of their paid employment (less than 7 years), or returning after a career break, seeking to strengthen specific professional skills.
• Next Generation Leaders Stream: Access to a series of one-on-one and small group sessions with a leading career coach, to develop the pathway, skills and techniques to become a CEO or senior executive leader, for those with more than 7 years' paid employment.
• Women with a Disability Stream: Grants of up to $10,000 to access skill development, for women with disability in paid employment seeking to progress their career in the sport and active recreation sector.
• Executive Stream: Grants of up to $10,000 to access development in areas of technical skill such as strategy, negotiation, change management and finance, for those with more than 10 years' paid employment, who hold a Chief Executive Officer position or currently report to a Chief Executive Officer.
• Governance Stream: Access to the Foundations of Directorship Course delivered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors for new or aspiring board directors in the sport and active recreation sector.
• Community Leaders: Grants of up to $5,000 to access skill development, for women who are volunteering or working within community sport and active recreation clubs or organisations seeking to build their skills as a leader in their community and sport.