Travelling is expensive, but Airbnb is helping athletes by providing a $2000 USD grant to 1000 athletes. Read more:
We know how important it is to feel at home while training or competing on the road. That’s why the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have once again teamed up with Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Airbnb to offer you the chance to apply for a USD 2,000 Airbnb Athlete Travel Grant.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible, you must complete the online application in full before the deadline of 11.59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on 13 February 2025. You must:
- Be currently competing at elite level under an IOC- or IPC-recognised federation in a sport that is part of the official programme of the Olympic or Paralympic Games Milano Cortina 2026/LA 2028.
- Not be currently serving sanctions or be currently under a provisional suspension for a contravention of the Olympic Charter or the IPC Handbook, any doping-related offence or any other act against the integrity of sports competitions (e.g. match fixing).
- Be legally eligible to create an Airbnb account and receive Athlete Travel Support Credits from Airbnb. Airbnb users must be 18+ years of age.
Athlete Competition Partners supporting a Paralympic athlete are eligible to receive the Award only as part of the Application of the athlete they support. The Applicant must therefore indicate the name of the Athlete Competition Partner they compete with and their relevant information in the Application.
The following are not eligible to apply for the programme:
Directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, advertisers and agents, including those of subsidiaries or affiliates of Airbnb, the IOC and the IPC (collectively, “Released Parties”), and the members of their immediate families or households (including, but without limitation, their spouse, partner, housemates, children, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren).
Check out the full details here https://www.olympics.com/athlete365/offers/airbnb/airbnb-athlete-travel-grant-2025
