{"events":[{"id":10000574,"global_id":"www.ssa.org?id=10000574","global_id_lineage":["www.ssa.org?id=10000574"],"author":"63","status":"publish","date":"2020-09-14 18:06:22","date_utc":"2020-09-14 23:06:22","modified":"2022-01-31 12:28:02","modified_utc":"2022-01-31 19:28:02","url":"https:\/\/www.ssa.org\/event\/aopa-scholarship-deadline-2022-03-15\/2024-03-11\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.ssa.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/10000574","title":"AOPA Scholarship Deadline","description":"
AOPA members are invited to apply for primary and advanced flight training scholarships, made possible through donations to the AOPA Foundation. Last year, 123 scholarships totaling more than $1 million were awarded. The scholarship awards are broken down into four categories: AOPA High School Flight Training Scholarship, AOPA Teacher Flight Training Scholarship, AOPA Primary Flight Training Scholarship, and AOPA Advanced Rating Scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The purpose of the Women\u2019s Soaring Pilots Association is to encourage women to fly gliders. One way we do this is through our scholarship program. Applicants are required to be members of WSPA and, if living in the U.S., members of SSA. Scholarships are offered to women of all skill levels, from beginning students to advanced licensed pilots. Persons interested in applying for a scholarship should review the list below and select the scholarship that best meets their needs. Applicants may submit only one application per year. Funds must be used within 18 months of scholarship award. Most scholarships can be used at any club or commercial operation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Tidewater Soaring Foundation grants up to three scholarships annually for individuals between the ages of 14 and 22. The scholarship includes 35 instructional flights, study materials, and membership in both the Soaring Society of America and the Tidewater Soaring Society for the scholarship period. Flight training will be conducted by the Tidewater Soaring Society at the Garner Airport in Isle of Wight County. Scholarship recipients will be expected to fly at least two days per month.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
SSA Dennis Purduski Flight Training Scholarship<\/strong> – Annual awards of up to $2000 for flight training expenses. Pre-Solo SSA members 13 – 19 years old may apply.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Costello Insurance Primary Training Youth Scholarship<\/strong> \u2013 Annual awards of up to $2000 for Pre-\/Post-solo SSA member Student pilots 14 – 22 years old may apply.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> SSA Bultman Youth Flight Scholarship<\/strong> – Annual awards of up to $1000 intended to finance post-solo soaring by SSA members aged 14-25. This includes activities such as chasing badges, attending wave and cross-country camps, entering contests, and flight training.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> SSA Stoffel Flight Training Scholarship<\/strong> \u2013Awards of up to$2000 for pre-\/post-solo SSA member STUDENT pilots 13-25 years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> SSA Flight Training Scholarship<\/strong> \u2013 Awards of up to $2000 for pre-\/post-solo SSA member STUDENT pilots ages 13 – 25.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The SSA is pleased to announce the continuation of the scholarship program for new CFI-Gs. The SSA hopes the scholarships will provide an incentive to individuals who might otherwise not begin their CFI-G training, or are unlikely to complete their current CFI-G training for financial reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The\u00a0SSA Discover Soaring Scholarship is a grassroots effort to get young people acquainted with soaring. It is named after the first \u201cutility\u201d training glider in production, built for \u201cair-minded youth\u201d of the 1930s. The\u00a0Cadet featured an enclosed fuselage and landing wheel, reasonable soaring performance yet rugged construction: an all-in-one beginner\u2019s glider. On July 2, 1930, a\u00a0Cadet\u00a0made the first soaring flight from Harris Hill, Elmira, NY. Jack O\u2019Meara\u2019s one-and-a-half hours in the air cemented the choice of the site for the first National Glider Contest that Fall. The\u00a0National Soaring Museum<\/a>\u00a0stands there today. Winners of scholarships and several smaller prizes are selected each year from young non-pilot applicants who visit a USA gliderport and make a good case for their\u00a0desire to learn to fly<\/strong>,\u00a0financial need<\/strong>, and\u00a0promise<\/strong>\u00a0in other aspects of life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The Kolstad College Scholarship is intended to help finance college-level study and is to be paid directly to an academic institution of the applicant\u2019s choice. The amount is presently $10,000, with winners chosen each year on a competitive basis. Applicant age must be between 14 and 25 (inclusive). If a winner is not yet of age to enroll in college, the grant money will be held until such time Winners of this one-time scholarship are selected from young soaring-pilot, SSA member, and USA Citizen applicants who are of great service at a USA gliderport. They need to make a good case via an applicant\u2019s statement and letters of recommendation for their achievements, service, and desire for academic and career progress. The fund sponsors, from throughout the USA soaring community, hope the scholarship inspires young pilots to progress from basic glider flying to advanced sport soaring and to attend college. Flying experience of at least FAI Silver Badge or Kolstad Century Award in sailplanes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The Soaring Society of America (SSA)\u2019s Youth\/Junior Committee is pleased to offer a scholarship to assist an eligible Junior pilot in becoming a gliding instructor with an award of $3,000.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>