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Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund
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The Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund is a national charity that empowers talented young athletes facing financial hardship by providing $1,000 scholarships to those selected to represent their state, territory, or country.
From remote communities to major cities, we back young athletes who have the talent and determination, but not always the means. Our impact goes beyond sport. We build hope, resilience, confidence and belonging, creating opportunities that can change lives.
We’re not just funding sporting dreams. We’re unlocking potential and changing futures.
Mission: is to ensure that highly talented school age athletes can participate in national and international level competitions. We do this by providing individual scholarships valued at $1,000 to a student and their family.
The students must be nominated and endorsed by their school, have demonstrated a significant financial need, and have already been selected or invited to represent their state, territory, or country.
We are an Australia-wide movement, and we are making a difference. In 2026 we will provide 400 scholarships. We know that they will transform lives and not only develop athletic talent, but build self-belief and proper ambition. We measure and publish our impact on the resilience, life satisfaction and hopefulness of our scholarship students, and they join a high achieving alumni community.
301 scholarships were awarded in 2025, spread evenly across female and male athletes. The recipients included 105 regional and rural athletes, 39 remote athletes, 79 Indigenous athletes, and 57 para-athletes.
Every gift of $1,000 funds a further scholarship and makes a real difference. SESF is an independent, self-funding charity with tax-deductible gift status, so if you want to find a way to give and trade, click the button below to support the Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund.
Website: https://sesf.org.au/
