Scholarships

Flight training scholarships may be used to cover costs at any flight training school in the United States and Canada that is not a university program.

You do not need to be a current EAA member to apply for a scholarship.

We encourage individuals from all countries to apply.  However, all scholarship awards must be used at a flight training school within the United States or Canada.

You must be at least 16 years old to apply for a flight training scholarship.

Applications open November 1st every year and close March 1st.

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.  No exceptions will be made for missing the final application deadline.

On your application, you will be asked to enter the name of one character reference.  Once you submit your application, your reference will be sent a link to complete the online recommendation.  Please ask your reference to complete the recommendation before the application deadline.  Applications will be considered late and will not be accepted if the recommendation is not complete by the deadline.

You will receive an automatic email notification when your application has been submitted.

All winners and non-winners will receive an email sent to the email address listed on your application shortly after May 1st.  Please list an email address that you check often! If you have not received an email, please check your spam folder.

If you win a scholarship, you will be sent an email with documents for completion.  Once EAA has received these, the disbursement process will begin.

EAA will send a check directly to the flight school.*  The first installment will be 40% of the total amount awarded.  After certain benchmarks, the next 40% will be dispersed.  Once you have completed the certification or rating you are pursuing, the remaining 20% will be awarded.

*Please note, you have one year from the date of your award to use the funds of an EAA scholarship if the scholarship is non-renewable.  If not all money is used during this designated year, the money will revert back to the EAA Scholarship Fund.

Post-secondary scholarships may be used to cover costs for collegiate level programs in the United States including but not limited to:  aerospace or aeronautical engineering, aviation business administration, air traffic control, aviation maintenance, professional flight, or any aviation-related STEM field.

You do not need to be a current EAA member to apply for a scholarship.

We encourage individuals from all countries to apply.  However, all scholarship awards must be used at a flight training school within the United States or Canada.

You must be at least 16 years old to apply for a flight training scholarship.

Applications open November 1st every year and close March 1st.

On your application, you will be asked to enter the name of one character reference.  Once you submit your application, your reference will be sent a link to complete the online recommendation.  Please ask your reference to complete the recommendation before the application deadline.  Applications will be considered late and will not be accepted if the recommendation is not complete by the deadline.

On your application, you will be asked to upload the most recent copy of your transcripts.  The transcript should include the name of the school, all the courses you have taken, and the grade you earned in each course.  It should also include your cumulative, unweighted grade point average (GPA).  Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Your GPA should be unweighted using a 4.00 scale.

You will receive an automatic email notification when your application has been submitted.

All winners and non-winners will receive an email sent to the email address listed on your application shortly after May 1st.  Please list an email address that you check often! If you have not received an email, please check your spam folder.

If you win a scholarship, you will be sent an email with documents for completion.  Once EAA has received these, the disbursement process will begin.  EAA will send a check directly to the post-secondary institution.*

*Please note, you have one year from the date of your award to use the funds of an EAA scholarship if the scholarship is non-renewable.  If not all money is used during this designated year, the money will revert back to the EAA Scholarship Fund.