Purpose:
To provide a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student seeking education and career opportunites in aviation or aerospace fields.

Application Criteria:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or legal resident.
• Be enrolled (or accepted) in an accredited college, university, or flight school as an undergraduate in one of the following programs:
  Flight training program
  a. Accredited college or university for an aviation degree
  b. Accredited college for Airframe & Powerplant certification
  c. Aerospace labor training program
• Demonstrate financial need.
• Have an enrollment status equal to at least a half-time (6 credit hrs) student or be enrolled as a flight training student.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or show satisfactory flight training progress.
• Application Process:
  Applicant must submit the following items:
  a. Completed scholarship application form.
  b. A two-page, double-sided essay, describing your academic and career goals, and explain why you are interesting in pursing a pilot certificate or degree in aviation.
• Participate in a live interview (if selected from qualifying applications).

 

Deadline for the application is Saturday, April 20, 2019. Applications postmarked after this date will be considered.

Questions? Please contact us at paine-scholarship@wpaflys.org