Apply for grants for training at the German Olympic Sports Confederation's Trainer Academy in Cologne
Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz
The federal government supports elite sports associations in the training of highly qualified training staff for competitive sport by covering part of the training costs.
This applies to federal sports associations representing one of the following sports:
- a summer Olympic sport,
- a temporary Olympic summer sport or
- an Olympic winter sport or
- a non-Olympic sport
Your national sports federation can apply for 2 types of grant. You do not have to repay either of them:
- a grant towards the operating cost allocation for participants, which finances the ongoing business operations of the Cologne Coaches Academy on a pro rata basis, and
- an earmarked grant towards the study place costs per person and course, which is based on the individual training requirements of the respective national sports association
The pro-rata subsidy for operating costs can cover up to 60 percent of the personnel, material and procurement costs of the Cologne Academy of Coaching, provided that the remaining financing of the Cologne Academy of Coaching is secured.
The earmarked grant towards the costs of the study place is based on the future area of application of the participants and the financial capacity of your national sports association. The grant is staggered as follows:
- 100 percent of the training costs for full-time and part-time national coaches. These are in particular head coaches, discipline coaches, junior coaches and federal base coaches with federal responsibilities.
- 75 percent of the training costs for mixed-financed and part-time coaches who are to work for their respective federal sports association at federal bases,
- 50 percent of the training costs for coaches at the interface between federal and state responsibilities, such as coaches at state or junior bases, state coaches or club coaches who supervise athletes in a national squad.
If your national sports association is already receiving a grant in at least one of the following 3 areas at the time of application, you can receive half of the graduated study cost grant. It does not matter how much funding you receive for these areas in your specific case:
- Annual planning or implementation of major sporting events in Germany,
- Olympic training centers or federal training centers (indirectly) or
- Competitive sports personnel
If your federal sports association receives funding in all three areas, you can receive the full amount of the funding rates listed above.