Athlete Grants
Grant range: $1,000 – 5,000
Annual availability: 6 – 20 grants
Application deadline: Nov 15
Primary applicants are Canadian Cat 2 or above road cyclist aged 19-25 (men), 19-29 (women) whose ambition is to turn professional. Exceptional Junior (women/men) will be considered.
Applicants are reviewed and selected by the board and advisors based on “potential”. We define potential by evaluating results, progression, testing data, training history, consultation with coaches/sport directors and other references. We seek to ensure athletes have great mentoring, coaching, training, teams and complimentary support in order to “make it” in professional road cycling. In particular, we seek to help Canada’s best juniors as they enter their critically important U23 years.
Grant amounts vary annually based on the number of athletes funded and strategic priority.
In some cases late applicants and special funding requests are considered.
Shannon Rogers-Roy Award
Grant range: $6,000 – 12,000
Annual availability: 1 Award
Status: Launching 2026
This award is given annually to a female athlete who embodies the leadership and community commitment of the Fund’s founding benefactor – Shannon Rogers-Roy.
The recipient can be an active or retired athlete. The award is intended to help the recipient with her: personal leadership development in her active role in a cycling development initiative of her choosing. That could be launching a team, an event, developing themself, anything intended to have a long-term impact on developing Canadian competitive cycling and its athletes.
The board will accept community recommendations on who the recipient should be and why her initiative is awesome. More details to come.
The fund is thrilled to launch this new award in memory of Shannon – who was extremely influential and important to us.
✪ Special Projects
Grant range: $5,000 – 10,000
Availability: 2 – 3 grants
Application deadline: Nov 15
In 2021 BTG saw a need to support Canadian cycling in two vital areas:
Clubs, teams, projects or programs seeking to bring aspiring young Canadian bike racers to international events. Especially projects supporting U19 & U23 working on “readiness” to progress to pro.
Event organizers focused on producing “at home” race opportunities for U17, U19 & U23.
The board and advisors will exercise preference to projects for younger (U19/U23) athletes. Cross-discipline projects for multi-discipline athletes are encouraged to apply.
Grant amounts greater than $10,000 are possible based on the project’s scope, needs, impact and included athletes.
Late applications and special funding requests are encouraged.
Athlete Mentoring
Mentoring is offered to Athlete Grant recipients and other athletes on a case by case basis and subject to program capacity. BTG can support mentoring for about 40 athletes each year. Mentoring is a great way to get involved with BTG prior to becoming a Grant recipient – or – for athletes who’ve graduated out of the BTG athlete grant program, still needing some help navigating the crazy environment of pro-cycling. Many of Canada’s greatest current and former athletes act as mentors – including 3 x World Champion Karol Ann Canuel who runs the program.
#conversations
Fun, informative & interactive web-chats and webinars for aspiring endurance bike racers interested in learning about pro road cycling. You’ll get to talk with and learn from Canada’s top athletes, coaches and more. Learn about the lifestyle, gain wisdom from the Canadians who have been there and done it.
Youth grants update
For 2026 the board decided to stop BTG’s Youth cycling seeding grants as a result of changes to Canada’s sport & cycling environment.
There is currently a lack of unified national leadership and clarity on pathways designed to help Canadians reach the highest levels of international cycling.
For the foreseeable future the Fund will direct increased resources to youth events or initiatives where the sport intersects with opportunity to develop U19-U23 capable of turning pro. The “Special Projects” grant is where applicants should submit for these grants.
BTG is really proud of its work over a decade supporting youth clubs to sustaining models enabling them to develop kids 8 – 16 years old.
If you have any questions about grants or the application process, please reach out