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The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) leads and enables a united and collaborative high performance sport system that supports Australian athletes to achieve international podium success.

In collaboration with National Sporting Organisations (NSOs), the National Institute Network and partners, the AIS strives to identify and solve strategic problems on the frontiers of ethical sporting performance.

Originally built around a centralised Canberra campus in 1981, the AIS is evolving and expanding its reach. The modern AIS is mobile and agile, helping athletes and sports to get the right services, support and expertise. The AIS campus in Canberra will continue to hold its place as a driver of national pride and inspiration through an ongoing commitment to deliver on sport priorities.

We have partnered with the National Institute Network, which already provide high-class facilities, expertise and service delivery across the country. This partnership enables the AIS to focus on areas that make it unique and that can give Australian sport a competitive edge.

AIS key priority areas

AIS Operations

Provides the organisational platform for the AIS enabling it to deliver impactful and competitive advantage sports science and sports medicine services to the high performance system.

Vision: Australia’s high performance sport system is world leading in its delivery of support for our athletes to achieve podium success.

Key initiatives

Applied Technology and Innovation

Leads a collaborative sports research, applied technology and innovation program delivering performance advantage through clearly prioritised channels of research, multi-disciplinary expert programs, technical expertise and solutions in areas where a unified or nationwide approach is appropriate.

Vision: Australia’s high performance sport system identified and solves strategically important problems with technology and innovation on the ethical frontiers of sporting performance to support our athletes for podium success.

Key initiatives

Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement

Leads and supports every National Sporting Organisation (NSO) to create a culture whereby they can look after the people who have shown dedication and commitment to the sport and at the same time to collaborate, strive and achieve success together.

Vision: Australian athletes can learn, thrive and contribute to the community during their time in high-performance sport and life afterwards.

Mission: To lead and support Australia's sporting industry to understand that a successful high-performance culture includes athletes finding the right balance between wellbeing, engagement in activities outside of training and competition and the requirements of elite sport.

Key initiatives

**Engagement** - Opportunities for athletes to engage with their local communities, grass roots sport and national charities.
**Mental health** - Access to the best practice mental health information and education and individualised psychology services
**Career and Education** - Access to information, advice and face to face or online learning related to education, career mapping, professional development and work experience.
**Personal development** - Face to face or online learning related to wellbeing and personal growth.
**Conduct and professionalism** - Advice on managing integrity issues; guidance and support to navigate ethical decision making within the high performance environment; and provision of policies and procedures.

Key Contacts

Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Key Contacts

People Performance and Teams

Seeks to lead the transformation of the Australian high performance workforce, and to better understand its impact by using a more evidence-based approach. The Performance People and Teams unit delivers across four key areas: recruiting, developing and improving the people who support the athletes – the coaches, performance directors and CEOs – and on helping them to create high performing teams.

Vision: Australia’s high performance sport system attracts and retains outstanding coaches and leaders to support our athletes achieve podium success.

Key Initiatives

Performance Networks and Partnerships

Collaborate with the National Institute Network to consult and support sport to implement their agreed high performance strategic plans, and to facilitate professional networks in key performance service disciplines.

Vision: Australia’s high performance sport system is united and collaborative in effectively supporting sports achieve sustainable podium success.

Key Initiatives

Professional Networks

Sport Strategy and Investment

Drives and enables the strategic and transparent allocation of total integrated resources through a collaborative, evidence and principles-based, investment approach in sports and athletes.

Vision: Australia’s high performance sport system allocate investment and resources to optimise sustainable performance outcomes in support of our athletes achieving podium success.

Key initiatives

Latest News and Publications

World champions named for male Para-athlete award

Australia’s international success over the past 12 months has been strongly reflected among the finalists for the High Performance Program of the Year and Male Para-athlete of the Year categories for next month’s AIS Sport Performance Awards (#ASPAs).

Ash Barty picks up a third #ASPAs nomination

Delivering new National High Performance Sports Strategy

Barty and Perry headline nominees for Sport Personality of the Year

Leading expert calls for 'long game' approach to high performance sport