A $250 aviation education scholarship is offered annually to a person who is working to obtain a private pilot’s license or is pursuing a higher aviation rating.  The Flying Physicians Association wishes to encourage aviation education and safety by offering this scholarship to a physician student pilot or medical student pilot who may need financial assistance in order to achieve their aviation training goals.  The deadline is June 1st of each year, and one awardee is usually selected annually.

To be eligible, one must meet the following requirements:

(1) Applicant must be accepted into medical school, enrolled in medical school, or be a physician in an accredited residency program or a practicing physician,
(2) Applicant must possess a student pilot certificate, or higher, with a current third-class medicate certificate,
(3) Applicant must have soloed,
(4) Applicant must submit a brief letter expressing his/her aviation situation and ambitions, and
(5) Applicant must submit application along with copy of student pilot/pilot certificate, medical certificate and copy of logbook.

Click to download: FPA Aviation Scholarship Application