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Choose Aerospace Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsor
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Choose Aerospace
Contact PO Box 234, Jenks, OK 74037 www.chooseaerospace.org
Usual Deadline
February
Amount(s) Awarded
Two (2) Scholarships Awarded, valued at (2) $2,500
Description
The non-profit organization, managed by the Aviation Technician Education Council, is in its third award season. This year’s donors include Aeronautical Repair Station Association, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA), Nida Corporation, AVOTEK, Aircraft Technical Book Company, Snap-On Tools, and CertTEC. Newcomers this year are AAR Corp with cash awards, Sonic Tools with a tool set, and Northrop Rice Foundation with testing vouchers.
Scholarship Criteria
Applicants must be an aviation maintenance school, student, or instructor. School membership in the Aviation Technician Education Council is not required, but will be a consideration for the review committee when selecting award recipients.
Don And Carol Bedford Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsor
Alaska Airmen’s Association (AAA)
Contact 4200 Floatplane Dr., Anchorage, AK 99502 USA www.alaskaairmen.org
Usual Deadline
March
Amount(s) Awarded
Two (2) Scholarships Awarded, valued at $2,500
Description
Don and Carol Bedford were a team. Don had earned his Airframe and Power License and was well on the way to a degree in aeronautical engineering, when he felt impelled to join the workforce at Lockheed Aircraft at the outbreak of WWII. Don later joined the Army Air Corps where he eventually joined the Aviation Cadet program. He was transitioning to fighters when the war ended. He returned to Lockheed where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Tony LeVere, Howard Hughes, and worked on the P-80 program. In 1947, Don took a job with Alaska Coastal Airlines in Juneau. He stayed through a series of mergers, to retire from Alaska Airlines in 1993. Carol was from the Chicago area where she attended business school. She traveled to Alaska on a whim, and took a job at Alaska Airlines where the two met. Don was one of the first authorized inspectors in Southeast Alaska, an area where he remained active throughout the rest of his life.
Duncan Aviation Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsor
Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA)
Contact 3570 NE. Ralph Powell Rd., Lee’s Summit, MO 64064 www.aea.net
Usual Deadline
April
Amount(s) Awarded
One (1) Scholarships Awarded, valued at $1,000
Description
More than 20 years ago, the Duncan Family Trust set aside funding for the Duncan Scholarship. This program awards scholarships to the children of Duncan Aviation team members for use toward a post-secondary education.
Scholarship Criteria
This scholarship is available to a high school senior or college student who plans to attend, or is attending, an accredited school in an avionics or aircraft maintenance program.
Contact
Dutch & Ginger Arver Scholarship Scholarship Sponsor
Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA)
3570 NE. Ralph Powell Rd., Lee’s Summit, MO 64064 www.aea.net
Usual Deadline
April
Amount(s) Awarded
One (1) Scholarships Awarded, valued at $1,000
Description
Open to all AEA members, their children, grandchildren or dependents. This scholarship may be used for avionics or aircraft at an accredited college or university and will be applied toward tuition only.
Scholarship Criteria
Available to a high school senior or college student who plans to attend or is attending an accredited school in an avionics or aircraft maintenance program.
Edward W. Stimpson Aviation Excellence Award
Scholarship Sponsor
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
Contact
1400 K St NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036 www.gama.aero
Usual Deadline
April
Amount(s) Awarded
One (1) Scholarships Awarded, valued at $2,000
Description
The Edward W. Stimpson Aviation Excellence Award is presented annually by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) for a graduating high school senior who has been accepted into an aviation management, aircraft maintenance, airway science, or flight training program.
Scholarship Criteria
An applicant must: Be a current student at a U.S. high school, graduating in the spring of the year the scholarship is offered; Be accepted to and enrolling in an institution for an aviation-related degree program (e.g., flight training, aviation management, aerospace engineering, and aviation maintenance); Have a 3.0 or better grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). Applicant must submit: The application form; The essay question response; A current high school transcript; and letter(s) of recommendation.
F. Atlee Dodge Maintenance Scholarship Scholarship
Sponsor
Alaska Airmen’s Association (AAA)
Contact 4200 Floatplane Dr., Anchorage, AK 99502 USA www.alaskaairmen.org
Usual Deadline
March
Amount(s) Awarded
One (1) Scholarships Awarded, valued at $2,500
Description
Atlee Dodge is a well know name to every Alaskan Aviator. His knowledge of the inner workings of Alaskan Bush planes is unsurpassed and his improvements for all things Super Cub are felt and appreciated to this day. The Alaska Airmen are proud to continue on his journey of airplane advancements by providing $2,500 for a student looking toward Aircraft Maintenance as a career.
