Scholarships
At Delta Connection Academy, we understand you are making a large investment in your education to achieve your career goal of becoming a professional airline pilot. As you make plans for financing your aviation career education, we encourage you to consider applying for an aviation scholarship. There are many scholarship sources available to you. Here is a list of some of the sources available.
Women in Aviation - Delta Connection Academy Training Scholarship - The Academy offers one $5,000.00 scholarship per year through the Women in Aviation Organization. Visit the Women in Aviation Web site for more details.
Women In Aviation International: Besides the scholarship offered by the Academy, WIAI is truly a shining example of professionals helping future professionals. The organization has provided over $3 million in scholarships to its membership over the past seven years. Viewing their Web site, nearly 50 scholarships are listed encompassing all fields of aviation valued from $750 up to $35,000.
AOPA Air Safety Foundation: lists three scholarships awarded annually, including the AOPA Air Safety Foundation/McAllister Memorial Scholarship.
Ninety-Nines: The Amelia Earhart Memorial Career Scholarship helps members advance their aviation career by paying for the cost of training to complete an advanced pilot or aviation training course, such as a multi-engine rating or jet type rating, a flight instructor or airline transport pilot certificate, or a college course. These unique scholarships cover the entire cost of flight training or tuition to complete the certificate, rating, or coursework. Among other eligibility requirements, the applicant must be a two-year member of the Ninety-Nines.
This is just a glimpse of what is available. A good tool for beginning the hunt for dollars is available at the University Aviation Association. For $20, UAA will send either a book or a CD listing hundreds of scholarship sources. Now, are you ready for a startling statistic? Just for grins, do an internet search for "aviation scholarships." At this very moment, there are over 60,000 web addresses featuring aviation scholarships! Chances are, there is some good-hearted person, company, school, or organization that just might be willing to give you a financial push up the career ladder!
