The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is funded by the Victorian State Government and is responsible for enabling Victoria’s best athletes to thrive and deliver their best results at benchmark events, such as Olympics, Paralympics and Commonwealth Games.
The VIS is unlike any other organisation in high-performance sport in Victoria, focussed on our mission of delivering outstanding holistic support that enables sports and athletes to excel in both sport and life. The VIS also provides inspiration for Victorians to be fit and well in their own lives using our athletes as their inspiration and motivation.
Our proven ability to develop some of Australia’s most talented athletes is exemplified in our 35-year history of producing 37 Olympic champions, 42 Paralympic champions, 121 Commonwealth champions and 107 world champions at the senior level.
The organisation is made up of over 115 employees who form an unrivalled network of expertise across coaching, physical preparation, sport science, medicine, psychology, nutrition and career and education, delivering support and solutions to over 400 athletes across 45 sports.
36 VIS performance services staff were selected to the Australian Olympic and Paralympic Teams for Paris 2024.
Based within a refurbished 146-year-old red-brick grandstand in Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne’s Albert Park, the VIS is an internationally recognised Olympic & Paralympic training facility, that houses state of the art equipment and innovative, world-leading technology for Victoria’s best athletes to thrive on the world stage.
Motto, Vision, Mission & Values
Motto: Success in Sport and Life
Vision: Victorians are proud and inspired by our national and international sporting success.
Mission: To provide leadership that enables talented Victorian athletes to excel in sport and life.
Values:
VIS offers scholarships in the following sports: aerial skiing, athletics, combat, cycling, diving, hockey, netball, shooting, swimming, triathlon and wheelchair basketball. These sports are supported by bi-partisan or tri-partisan agreements with National and State sporting organisations and are led by a Head Coach or Program Manager.
Individual scholarships are offered annually to athletes from sports who compete in the Olympic, Paralympic, and Commonwealth Games. The National Athlete Categorisation Framework (NACF) identifies athletes who are eligible for Individual VIS Scholarships covering Emerging through to Podium.
Future Talent scholarships are for talented athletes who show outstanding potential for future success but are not yet eligible for a full VIS scholarship due to their age or selection criteria restrictions; once identified they are provided with VIS support services to “fast track” their development. The Future Talent scholarship program is supported by the Carbine Club.
The VIS was established in 1990 by the State Government and is a private trustee company with a Board of Directors appointed directly by the Victorian Minister for Sport.
The Institute is funded by the Victorian State Government through Sport and Recreation Victoria with additional program and project funding from the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Institute of Sport and National Sporting Organisations, together with Paralympics Australia.
