Women Leaders in Sport - Executive Program 2025

2025 WLIS Grants Program Timeframe

Applications open: 9:00am (AEDT) Thursday 17 July 2025

Applications close: 5:00pm (AEDT) Monday 11 August 2025

Outcomes notified to all applicants: September 2025

* Applications must be submitted before 5:00pm AEDT. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please note the time differences for each state below.

· NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD: 5:00pm

· SA & NT: 4:30pm

· WA: 3:00pm

• Be a national sporting organisation, a national sporting organisation for people with disability, or be a state/territory sporting organisation of a national body that is recognised by the ASC (Australian Sports Directory), the Australian Olympic Committee or Commonwealth Games Association.  

• Have the commitment of, and a letter of support from, the Chair or CEO 

• Organisation has made a commitment in their strategy to improve/address gender equality 

• Organisation has no outstanding acquittal or reporting requirements with the ASC 

• Organisation is not named by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of “Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme”.  
• Organisation is not named on the Workplace Gender Equity Equality Agency website as declined to join or are unresponsive to the scheme.