Aviation & Travel Careers Scholarships
Please let us know when you get a scholarship!
Note: If a deadline has passed, make a note to apply the following year as many of these are offered every year.
SCAA Scholarship (SOCAL Aviation Association)
Must live in Southern California. A couple of nice scholarship opportunities are mentioned in this link to the Southern California Aviation Association.
Click on the link, scroll down, find the scholarship information, and apply. (Cypress students have received scholarships through this very active organization in the past).
Women in Corporate Aviation scholarships offers more than $100,000 in scholarships. Scholarships are open to men and women in corporate aviation. Typical scholarships being offered:
Women in Aviation Scholarships
AOPA has launched their annual scholarship program, funded by the AOPA Foundation and its donors. Any student pilot who has not completed their initial Private Pilot rating is qualified to apply. The recipients of the AOPA scholarships are welcome to use the money at any flight training facility they choose.
Clay Lacy ($5000) and Pete Conrad, Jr ($2000) Scholarships
Annual scholarship program information and applications for the Clay Lacy Scholarship ($5000) and the Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr., Scholarship ($2000) available through the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at LAX. The deadline for the applications is typically in May.
Dale Corney Scholarship application
Please visit the Financial Aid office or the Foundation.
Additional aviation scholarships
•Aircraft Electronics Association
•Air Traffic Control Association
•Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance
•Aviation Distributors and Manufacturers Association
•Aviation Education Resource Directory
•International Society of Women Airline Pilots
•Landings’ List of Information
www.landings.com
•National Air Transportation Foundation
www.nata.aero
•National Business Aviation Association
web.nbaa.org
•Organization of Black Airline Pilots
www.obap.org
•Soaring Society of America
•Scholarships for students
http://sites.google.com/site/money2fly/student
•Scholarships for females only
http://sites.google.com/site/money2fly/femaleonly
•Scholarships for men and women
http://sites.google.com/site/money2fly/menorwomen
•The Ninety-Nines
www.ninety-nines.org
•Women in Aviation International
www.wai.org
•Women in Corporate Aviation
www.wca-intl.org
National Business Aviation Association offers scholarships that offer tuition reimbursement for enrolled students:
•Alan H. Conklin Business Aviation Management Scholarship – for students at NBAA/University Aviation Association (UAA) member institutions pursuing careers in business aviation management
•Lawrence Ginocchio Aviation Scholarship – for students at NBAA/UAA member institutions
•NORDAM Dee Howard/Etienne Fage Scholarship – for students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an NBAA/UAA member institution
•UAA Janice K. Barden Aviation Scholarship – for students at NBAA/UAA member institutions
•U.S. Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) PDP Scholarship – for students at NBAA/UAA institutions offering NBAA’s Professional Development Program (PDP)
•William M. Fanning Maintenance Scholarship – for students in A&P programs at approved FAR Part 147 schools
LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Scholarship
The LeRoy W. Homer Jr. foundation encourages and supports young men and women who wish to pursue aviation careers, as professional pilots. The foundation will award flight instruction scholarships for potential students, in order to obtain private pilot certification. Please do not send letters requesting applications. Application must be filled out online at www.leroywhomerjr.org. If you require more information, please visit the website and go to our FAQ section. If your concern is not addressed in this section, please call our 1-800 number for more information. More