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Hvatasjóður (Incentive Fund)

Hvatasjóður (Incentive Fund)

The sports movement’s Hvatasjóður is a new fund run by ÍSÍ and UMFÍ with the support of the Ministry of Education and Children. The fund supports projects aimed at spreading sport and increasing children’s participation in sport, with a focus on the participation of children with disabilities, from lower-income homes and with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Apply to the sports movement’s Hvatasjóður

The next application deadline is 12 December 2026.

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Focus areas

Hvatasjóður supports projects that promote the spread of sports activities and the participation of all children. There is a special focus on projects related to children with disabilities, children from lower-income homes and children with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Applications to Hvatasjóður can be made by ÍSÍ and UMFÍ regional sports federations, sports clubs and departments within ÍSÍ and UMFÍ, and national sports federations in cooperation with regional sports federations, clubs or club departments.

The fund awards grants to projects that:

  • Increase the spread of sport and children’s participation in sport.
  • Increase the participation of children with disabilities.
  • Increase the participation of children from lower-income homes.
  • Increase the participation of children with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Application process

Applications are submitted through an online platform:

  1. Open the online platform.
  2. Fill in the online application form.
  3. Submit the application.

The application must include, among other things:

  • A description of the project and its goals.
  • A justification of the project’s impact on the area concerned.
  • A timetable and work plan.
  • The project budget.

Grants are awarded up to four times a year.

Hvatasjóður regulation (PDF, in Icelandic)

Final report form (PDF, in Icelandic) – please send final reports to hvatasjodur@siu.is.

Hvatasjóður board

The fund’s board consists of five people. The current board members are:

  • Óskar Þór Ármannsson, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Children.
  • Gunnar Bragason and Þórey Edda Elísdóttir, on behalf of ÍSÍ.
  • Guðmundur G. Sigurbergsson and Ragnheiður Högnadóttir, on behalf of UMFÍ.

The first year

A total of 154 grants were awarded, worth ISK 87 million.

Grants by focus area:

  • Increasing the participation of children with disabilities: 58 grants.
  • Increasing the participation of children from lower-income homes: 20 grants.
  • Increasing the participation of children with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds: 22 grants.
  • Increasing the spread of sport and children’s participation in sport: 54 grants.

Allocations from the fund

  • 57 applications were awarded grants. Total allocation: ISK 26.000.000.

    By project type:

    • Related to children of foreign origin: 8 approved.
    • Related to children with disabilities: 18 approved.
    • Related to children from lower-income homes: 11 approved.
    • Across focus areas: 20 approved.

    By region:

    • Capital area: 19 approved: ISK 8,4 million
    • Suðurnes: 3 approved: ISK 1,4 million
    • West Iceland: 8 approved: ISK 2,95 million
    • Westfjords: 3 approved: ISK 1,15 million
    • Northwest Iceland: 5 approved: ISK 2,6 million
    • Northeast Iceland: 6 approved: ISK 2,25 million
    • East Iceland: 4 approved: ISK 2,2 million
    • South Iceland: 7 approved: ISK 2,05 million
    • National projects (Allir með): 2 approved: ISK 3,0 million

    See information about all projects that received grants: November 2026 (pdf).

  • A total of 63 applications were received. 31 were awarded grants. Total allocation: ISK 14.350.000.

    By project type:

    • Related to children of foreign origin: 2 approved.
    • Related to children with disabilities: 19 approved.
    • Related to children from lower-income homes: 2 approved.
    • Across focus areas: 8 approved. 

    By region:

    • Capital area: 10 approved: ISK 4,4 million
    • Suðurnes: 3 approved: ISK 1,25 million
    • West Iceland: 5 approved: ISK 2,1 million 
    • Westfjords: 2 approved: ISK 550 thousand 
    • Northwest Iceland: 1 approved: ISK 1,0 million 
    • Northeast Iceland: 4 approved: ISK 1,6 million 
    • East Iceland: 1 approved: ISK 1,0 million 
    • South Iceland: 5 approved: ISK 2,45 million 

    See information about all projects that received grants: March 2026 (pdf).

  • A total of 71 applications were received. 52 were awarded grants. Total allocation: ISK 27.800.000.

    By project type:

    • Related to children of foreign origin: 4 approved.
    • Related to children with disabilities: 21 approved.
    • Related to children from lower-income homes: 9 approved.
    • Across focus areas: 18 approved. 

    By region:

    • Capital area: 17 approved: ISK 9,7 million
    • Suðurnes: 6 approved: ISK 3,450 million
    • West Iceland: 8 approved: ISK 4,1 million 
    • Westfjords: 5 approved: ISK 3 million
    • Northwest Iceland: 2 approved: ISK 950 thousand
    • Northeast Iceland: 5 approved: ISK 2,4 million 
    • East Iceland: 3 approved: ISK 2,7 million 
    • South Iceland: 6 approved: ISK 1,5 million 

     

    See information about all projects that received grants: November 2025

  • A total of 91 applications were received. 72 were awarded grants. Total allocation: ISK 38.490.000.

    By project type:

    • Related to children of foreign origin: 10 approved: ISK 5.590.000
    • Related to children with disabilities: 26 approved: ISK 15.000.000
    • Related to children from lower-income homes: 5 approved: ISK 1.800.000
    • Across focus areas: 31 approved: ISK 16.100.000

    By region:

    • Capital area: 32 approved: ISK 17.990.000
    • Suðurnes: 3 approved: ISK 1.750.000
    • West Iceland: 9 approved: ISK 4.550.000
    • Westfjords: 1 approved: ISK 300.000
    • Northwest Iceland: 4 approved: ISK 850.000
    • Northeast Iceland: 4 approved: ISK 2.000.000
    • East Iceland: 8 approved: ISK 5.500.000
    • South Iceland: 11 approved: ISK 5.550.000

     

    See information about all projects that received grants: June 2025

  • A total of 49 applications were received. 30 were awarded grants. Total allocation: ISK 20,.ISK 300.000

    By project type:

    • Related to children of foreign origin: 8 approved: ISK 6.100.000 
    • Related to children with disabilities: 11 approved: ISK 7.800.000
    • Related to children from lower-income homes: 6 approved: ISK 3.700.000
    • Across focus areas: 5 approved: ISK 2.700.000 

    By region:

    • Capital area: 7 approved: ISK 4.050.000
    • Suðurnes: 3 approved: ISK 3.500.000
    • West Iceland: 7 approved: ISK 4.250.000
    • Westfjords: 2 approved: ISK 1.150.000
    • Northwest Iceland: 1 approved: ISK 400.000
    • Northeast Iceland: 6 approved: ISK 3.200.000
    • East Iceland: 2 approved: ISK 1.500.000
    • South Iceland: 2 approved: ISK 2.250.000

     

    See information about all projects that received grants: January 2025.