Braveheart Cycling Fund 2024 Grant Application

Promising young cycling potential can be found anywhere, across all walks of life. But for some, financial barriers make it difficult to progress from emerging ability to world-class talent, which means we risk losing talented cyclists before they can shine.

Our job is to ensure that those with obvious potential receive every opportunity to excel. Today, with less funding available from traditional sources, we’re here to direct funds to promising young cycling talent whose journeys to success are at risk of stalling or ending altogether because of the financial barriers some face.

Grant Application Dates

October 2: Grant application opens
October 18: Grant application closes
November 8: Grant recipients announced

Rider Application Criteria

• The rider should be eligible to represent Scotland in international competition
• Compete in a UCI-recognised discipline.
• Junior and U23 category, male or female.
• Member of a Scottish Cycling or British Cycling team.
• Demonstrate significant potential to achieve future success at:
• Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth or World level
• UCI World Tour Team level
• Previous results in the UK and abroad will be considered when assessing applications.
• Existing funded riders can apply for continuing support.

Additional considerations

The above criteria are the primary selection criteria, but the following are considered when the panel has difficult decisions due to available funds or the number of applications.

• Additional consideration is given to riders from low SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) backgrounds or who may face further hardship.
• You must strongly desire to participate in competitive cycling but face challenges that prevent you from doing so for reasons outside your control.
• Scottish riders with a high social media presence to promote and raise awareness of the fund will be considered.

Braveheart Cycling Fund Grant Procedures

Braveheart Cycling Fund will contact the applicant to confirm that they received the application by the closing date. If anything is missing or unclear, the Braveheart Cycling Fund will email the applicant to collect more information.

Applicants must identify their needs, personal circumstances, and disadvantages in making a support case.

Once applications for each funding round have closed, the Scottish Cycling Performance Staff, chaired by the Head of Performance and Coaching, will review applications based purely on merit and make recommendations, in priority order, to a Braveheart Cycling Fund committee and or the SCF trustees for review and final approval.

Successful applicants will receive a grant offer letter outlining the support package and any related terms and conditions within 1-2 months of the application closing date.

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2024 Spring Grant Recipients

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Funding for 2024 has been made possible thanks to raffle money at the 2022 and 2023 Scottish Cycling Awards evenings, Pedal Power, various cycling clubs and organisations’ donations, and individual donations. If you can, please support the next generation of Scottish Cycling talent by donating to the Braveheart Cycling Fund using the link below.

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