The program aims to assist people to make the senior national team. Funding is provided to New Brunswick's top amateur athletes who are not nationally senior carded. Athletes must be competing in a recognized sport in a discipline featured in a major games (Olympics/Paralympics/Canada Games, etc.). Support is for training and competition expenses. The athletes who are closest to making their senior national team will be the most likely to receive support. Individual athlete applications are coordinated and evaluated by the provincial sport organization before being reviewed by the Sport, Recreation and Active Living Branch. Approximately $70,000 is distributed to between 65 and 80 athletes annually.
