Petaluma Area Pilots Association Scholarship

What:

• The Petaluma Area Pilot’s Association is offering a scholarship for aviation related studies. Awarded funds can be applied to ground school, flight training, A&P training programs, aeronautical engineering courses, etc.
• Scholarship applicants must be pursuing a career in aviation.
• The amount of funds available every year varies and is determined by the association’s executive board.

Dates:

• April 15—DEADLINE to POSTMARK application.
• NOTE:  Interviews Dates will be determined/announced.
• June—scholarship is awarded.

Who can apply:

• High school or college students (full or part-time) who reside in Sonoma or Marin counties, or whose parents reside in those counties.
• Full-time students must have a 2.5 grade point average for the last two years of their education.

How to apply:

• Download the application form on the next page by clicking this link; then click on the file “Scholarship Application rev2 :  https://papapetaluma.org/PAPA Scholarship Application rev2/
  
• When completing the application, please print carefully. Applications which are illegible to the committee, or are not complete, will not be considered.
• Along with a completed application, applicants shall furnish the following:
• A 500 word typed essay outlining the applicant’s plans for a career in aviation and some background about their interest in aviation.
• Official transcripts
• The name of the educational institution or flight school to which funds, if awarded, would be directed on their behalf.
• Application, transcripts, and essay shall be postmarked by April 15 and mailed to:

Petaluma Area Pilots Association

Scholarship Committee

601 Sky Ranch Drive

Petaluma, CA  94945

• Applicants shall attend a personal interview with the scholarship committee at a time and place of mutual agreement.