Are you interested in pursuing flight or a career in aviation or an aviation-related field? We encourage well-rounded individuals who are involved in their school or community and interested in the world of aviation to apply for an EAA scholarship.
Here are the key dates for this year’s scholarship cycles:
Next Cycle: Opens November 1, 2023 and closes March 1, 2024.
Flight Training Scholarships
Dreaming of becoming a pilot or getting an additional rating? EAA can help your aviation dreams become a reality.
EAA’s scholarships are supported by dozens of donors, benefactors, and others who “pass it forward” by endowing these programs. In all, EAA awards more than $1 million in aviation scholarship money via various programs each year.
All applications are reviewed against the criteria for the individual scholarships and then awarded to those who show the greatest potential to be actively engaged in aviation.
EAA strives to provide scholarships that have a minimum award of $5,000. Awards are made up of the following funds:
- Air Academy Alumni Scholarship
- John S. Bradbury Memorial Scholarship
- Friends of Pete Bunce Flight Training Scholarship
- Adapt to Fly Scholarship
- Cliff Chetwin Fund
- Tex Edwards Scholarship
- Noah Favaregh Scholarship
- Harrison Ford Scholarship
- Florence “Coffy” Gregory Scholarship
- Stephen "Ben" Haas Memorial Scholarship
- Richard R. Harper Memorial Scholarship
- Jason Kurt Lohr Aviation Scholarship
- Kylie Murray Memorial Flight Training Scholarship
- Tinker Murdock Family Scholarship
- WASP Endowment Fund
- Elgin Wells Jr. Starjammer CFI Scholarship
- PenFed Credit Union Scholarship
Post-Secondary Scholarships
Through many generous donors, EAA awards more than $75,000 in scholarships for students attending a post-secondary institution with a focus on aviation, including pilot training, aeronautics engineering, aviation management, airframe and powerplant (A&P) maintenance, and more.
All applications are reviewed against the criteria for the individual scholarships and then awarded to those who show the greatest potential to be actively engaged in aviation.
EAA strives to provide scholarships that have a minimum award of $5,000. Awards are made up of the following funds:
- Jack Burnham Scholarship
- Chaudoin Scholarship
- Joe Clark Professional Pilot Scholarship
- Herbert L. Cox Memorial Scholarship
- Gerald “Jerry” Holland Scholarship
- H.P. “Bud” Milligan Aviation Scholarship
- David Mineck Memorial Scholarship
- Commander John Paradiso Scholarship for Women
- Robert F. Pauley History of Aviation Scholarship
- Payzer Scholarship
- Lee & Cookie Perrizo Scholarship
- Timothy Peterson Scholarship
- David Alan Quick Scholarship
- Aviation Tax Consultants – Fred McCarter Scholarship Fund
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