esp
<strong>Direct</strong> Support

Programs

Direct Support

Athlete Preparation

Panam Sports is committed to supporting the development of athletes from our 41 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across the Americas. In the last quadrennial, a Special Program was developed directly to improve the technical preparation of athletes for the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Continuing with this successful program, Panam Sports will allocate financial support, with its own funds, to each NOC, to be used for athlete scholarships and other activities towards their participation for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

An annual amount of USD $120,000 will be allocated to each Olympic Committee member of Panam Sports during the 2017-2020 Olympic cycle. That is the maximum amount that can be allocated.

What does the program achieve?

  1. Programs that aims to support athletes to maintain a high level of training, whether in their country or abroad.
  2. Offers assistance to the athletes appointed by their respective NOCs for their preparation and qualification to the Games in the 2017-2020 Olympic cycle.
  3. Identifies High Performance Training Centers that fulfill the necessary conditions to take care of the preparation of the continent’s athletes, in individual sports included in the Program of the next Pan American and Olympic Games.

Scholarships for athletes, of individual sports, will be carried out at High Performance Training Centers either in the continent or abroad. Panam Sports is responsible for approving the requests submitted by NOCs.

Panam Sports, the NOC hosts of High Performance Training Centers and the rest of the NOC members of Panam Sports, will join efforts towards the common goal of improving the level of preparation of athletes from the countries of the Americas to achieve better results on the global stage.

How does it work?

All Panam Sports member NOCs may access this Program.

The Program will consist of the following phases:

  1. Panam Sports, in coordination with the NOC host of the High Performance Training Center, will determine the logistics and technical conditions, the available material and daily costs per athletes; as well as the rules, procedures and deadlines the athletes appointed to this kind of scholarship should fulfill.
  2. The NOCs should submit to Panam Sports, a detailed preparation plan for the requested period, previously agreed with the National Federation of the selected sport and the coach in question. The NOCs should also submit the athletes’ names, sports and names of responsible coaches.
  3. In cases where funds are requested to be used on other activities other than athlete scholarships, the NOCs should submit a request to Panam Sports and justify it, as has been done previously.
  4. The NOC responsible for the athletes will be able to receive the allocated funds for the payment of the airline ticket, meals, accommodation, technical services and other basic needs at the selected High Performance Training Center and will have the obligation to send Panam Sports a financial report.
  5. The NOC will be responsible for reviewing results every four (4) months and evaluating whether the scholarship holder is fulfilling all expectations. In a case where he or she is not, they may be substituted by another athlete who would fully take advantage of this program.
  6. To access the funds allocated under this Program, each NOC should also include an estimated budget for their project that will be approved within the application.
  7. The NOC should send a Report on the plan’s fulfillment, with an evaluation from the High Level Training Center. This information will be used to support the financial report.

Download the application form below.

Application Form