CAF’s Annual Grant Application is here! The 2022 CAF Annual Grant Application opens today Wednesday September 1st, 2021 and will be available online until it closes on Friday November 5th, 2021.

CAF’s flagship grant program aims to remove the barriers that exist between adaptive athletes and their pursuit of sport and fitness and is open to individuals worldwide with permanent physical disabilities. Application is open once annually.

The chart below is a guide for the grant program applications, deadlines and requirements.

The chart below is a guide for the different requests you can make in your application.

For more details about eligibility, grant requests, required documentation, and our FAQs, please visit www.challengedathletes.org/grants or email cafgrants@challengedathletes.org.

CAF Grant Program Overview

CAF-Idaho Grant Application

CAF-Idaho collaborates with local Idaho partners to fund grants for adaptive sports equipment, training, and competition expenses and is open to residents of Idaho with permanent physical disabilities. Proof of residence is required. Application is open all year.

Operation Rebound Grant Application

CAF’s Operation Rebound program is open to those who are honorably discharged members of the U.S. armed forces, active U.S. military personnel, as well U.S. law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics. Application is open all year.

Cycling Club Grant Application

CAF Cycling Club provides the opportunity for challenged athletes to ride their bikes anywhere in the world and be a part of #TeamCAF. Recipients will receive a free lifetime membership in the club and one-time $100 grant. Application is open all year.

Össur Grant Application

Össur - our Global prosthetics partner – will provide Össur lower extremity running prosthetics to individuals with lower limb amputations. Application is open all year.

YMCA of San Diego County Grant Application

CAF is proud to partner with YMCA of San Diego County to offer a free lifetime membership to individuals in San Diego County. Application is open all year.

For more information, please visit www.challengedathletes.org/grants

Grant Application & Portal Webinar

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, September 15 at 5pm PT/8pm ET as we walk you through the CAF Grant Portal and go over the steps to complete a grant application including:

Creating an account
Creating a profile
What you'll need to fill out an application
How to confirm your application has been submitted

We will also have Q&A at the end so our team can answer all your questions. The webinar will be recorded and emailed to all people that register so even if you can't attend, please sign up to receive the recording.

Register

Not applying? Update your Athlete Profile

As we strive to support our community, current and accurate information about our athletes is vital to our ability to communicate with you, seek grant funding to support our mission, and understand how to better serve you.

Please help us to keep our database current by creating or updating your profile. All information collected will be used to help CAF understand and support our community and we do not sell your information to outside entities.

Athlete Profile

*New profile questions added 7/15/2021. All athletes will need to create or update their profile to continue being listed as a challenged athlete with CAF.