The VIS Individual Athlete Scholarships are offered annually to athletes from sports which do not have a VIS Tier 1 program. The program features a range of Australia’s leading high performance athletes across numerous Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth sports.
The athletes, who are all achieving excellent results in senior national and international competition, are able to access the full range of comprehensive performance services as well as utilising the outstanding training and recovery facilities at the VIS headquarters at Lakeside Stadium.

Montag ready to tackle issues for women and girls in sport as IOC Young Leader
February 5th, 2021After being selected for Tokyo 2020, Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Jemima Montag can now also add IOC Young Leader to her resume after being chosen from a pool of 3,000 applicants for the prestigious program.

2XU Coach Awards Winners
November 23rd, 202014 Victorian Institute of Sport athletes were today named winners of the 2XU Coach Awards. The awards were announced as part of the 2020 Victorian Institute of Sport Awards.

VIS athletes triumph at Athens
August 26th, 2020The performance of our Olympic and Paralympic teams in Athens was exceptional.

Webster & Steere named in Aussie Stingers squad
July 22nd, 2020The Aussie Stingers have unveiled their squad of 20 for the next 12 months, as the count down to the Tokyo Olympic Games reaches the one year to go mark. The squad includes two VIS athletes, Rowie Webster and Madeleine Steere.

100 years of the AOC
April 29th, 2020Originally formed as the Australian Olympic Council on April 29th, 1920, the anniversary marks the formal separation of Australia and New Zealand from the combined “Australasia” entity which had competed in the 1908 London and 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games.

VIS SPORT: UPDATES ON THE EVENTS CANCELLED/POSTPONED
March 16th, 2020The sporting calendar has been heavily impacted by the global coronavirus outbreak.

Tastes for Tokyo | Okonomiyaki - Rowie Webster
September 16th, 2019Okonomiyaki means “whatever you like, grilled” and is one of the most well-known Japanese dishes. It is commonly referred to as a Japanese pancake.

Aussies leave a sting
July 29th, 2019The Australian Women’s Water Polo team has added a bronze medal to their trophy cabinet after taking down Hungary 10-9 at the FINA World Championships on Friday night.

FINA World Championship 2019
July 22nd, 2019VIS diving, water polo and swimming athletes continue to make a splash at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

FINA World Championships
July 15th, 2019The FINA World Championships began in South Korea over the weekend with VIS diving and water polo athletes making a splash.
Madeleine Steere
2nd 2019 FINA Inter-Continental Cup, Perth
3rd 2018 FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup, Surgut RUS
Rowie Webster
2nd 2019 FINA Inter-Continental Cup, Perth
3rd 2018 FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup, Surgut RUS
Water Polo Australia