
The Canada Games Council and FAST have received over 1200 applications for the grants. In the end, the selection committee selected the 47 winners, coming from 8 different provinces and territories and representing 21 of the sports on the program of either the 2007 or 2009 Canada Games. Each one of these young developing athletes will receive a $2,000 grant to help support their training and competition needs.
The winners were selected based on their performances over the last two competitive seasons. The selection committee asked for input from each National Sport Organization in order to help rank the athletes in their respective sport with the remainder of the grants being awarded to those identified as having the most chance to be next generation national team athletes.