ELITE Sports

NUI Galway has a long and successful tradition of helping to produce some of Ireland’s finest sporting talent. This is a tradition we seek to enhance and progress into the future by significantly supporting the Elite student athlete and developing high performance supports for key focus sports. 

As part of the Sports Strategy for NUI Galway, the University is committed to the development of elite sport. NUI Galway recognises the importance of the holistic development of the student athlete and that academic and sporting achievement can complement each other with the right supports and structures. 

Athletes from any sport can be selected to receive an NUI Galway sports scholarship. These scholarship recipients will receive support in all areas of their preparation to ensure they can perform at the highest level. This support will be in financial, medical, strength and conditioning, mentoring, nutrition, performance and lifestyle supports; which will enhance the student athlete’s opportunity to maximise both their academic and sporting success. 

A number of focus sports will be identified which will be developed as elite sports within the University. To assist these sports we are developing high performance support structures around them in areas such as coaching, medical, sports science and technical support to assist their performance at a national and international level. 

To assist the scholarship recipients and focus sports the University has appointed a full time Elite Sports Development officer and has developed key facilities such as an elite weight room.

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