The 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 is targeted for disadvantaged participants in sport and cultural activities, as well as for participants in the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights. Montréal 2006 will offer bursaries valued at nearly $500,000 CAD and the selection committee will accept applications until 1 February 2006.

The Outreach Bursary Programme will award half of all bursaries to women, in order to be as inclusive as possible. It is thanks to Montréal 2006 fundraising events – notably the Nuit de Bronze, Nuit d’Argent and Nuit d’Or galas – and the generous contribution of private donors such as GlaxoSmithKline and HIVOS, that Montréal 2006 is able to offer a programme on a scale unprecedented in the history of LGBT games.

The Outreach Bursary Programme will have two components. One part of the Programme will be available for registrants in sport and cultural activities, while the other will be specific to the International Conference, in an effort to recognise the needs and realities of these two very different groups of 1st World Outgames participants.

The Programme plans to award bursaries for lodging and registration for the sport or cultural activities, or for the International Conference. Preference will be given to candidates residing in locations other than Canada, the United States, Western Europe, Israel, Japan, Australia or New Zealand.