Scholarship Description
The goal of the Agricultural Aviation Scholarship is to strengthen the aerial application industry by helping NAAA Operators bring new pilots into the profession. Each applicant must be sponsored by an NAAA Operator, and scholarship recipients must use the proceeds for flight training or agricultural coursework at a university, college, community college or other institution of higher learning.
The Agricultural Aviation Scholarship is funded by an educational grant provided by BASF and administered by NAAA. Former NAAA President Doug Chanay announced at the 2009 Convention that NAAA and BASF had agreed to establish a scholarship that would help bring new pilots into the profession by helping to fund their training. The general parameters were known at the time—scholarship recipients had to be sponsored by an NAAA Operator and use the proceeds for flight training or agricultural coursework—but NAAA’s Membership Committee still needed to determine the exact criteria and develop the official application. After a great deal of discussion, the committee came up with two parts to the application, one for the candidate applying for the scholarship proceeds and another for the NAAA Operator/Sponsor to complete. Every applicant will be required to submit:
• A letter of recommendation from the NAAA Operator sponsoring the applicant.
• An essay of 250 words or less written by the applicant explaining why he or she is deserving of an NAAA/BASF Agricultural Aviation Scholarship.
• A one-page résumé or list of activities detailing all agricultural and aviation experiences, education and training.
Year of Need: 1st Year Grad, 2nd Year Grad,
Type:
Num Awards: Multiple
Min Award:
Max Award: 7500
Deadline: 2024-08-31
Sponsoring Organization
National Agricultural Aviation Association
1005 E Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Contact Person:
Phone: (202) 546-5722
Fax: 202-546-5726
Web: http://www.agaviation.org/scholarships
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