Air Line Pilots Association Scholarship
Direct application
Eligibility
About this scholarship
Children of medically retired, long-term disabled, or deceased Air Line Pilots Association pilot members may apply for ALPA scholarships. Applicants must pursue a bachelor's degree program; currently enrolled college students are eligible, though high school applicants should preferably apply after the first semester of senior year.
Two awards are given annually: one four-year scholarship disbursed at $15,000 per year (requiring a 3.0 GPA to renew) and one single-year scholarship of $10,000.
Submit the application, financial statement, school report, and academic records by the deadline. College enrollees must also provide college transcripts to date.
ALPA's scholarship program supports the families of pilots who can no longer fly due to medical retirement, disability, or death.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Application Parts 1, 2, and 3
- Financial statement
- School report
- Official high school and/or college transcript(s)
- Two non-family letters of recommendation, including one from a teacher and one from a person who knows the applicant outside school
- Two-page essay describing why the applicant should receive the ALPA Scholarship
- Online form Parts 1, 2, and 3 (Part 1 - Application for Scholarship; Part 2 - Financial Information; Part 3 - Secondary School Report)
- Official high school and/or college transcript(s)
- Two letters of recommendation from individuals not related to you: one from a teacher and one from someone who knows you outside of school
- Completed application must be received by April 1
- Applicant must be the child of a medically retired, long-term disabled, or deceased ALPA pilot member
- Must be enrolled in a program of studies principally creditable toward a bachelor's degree
- The four-year award is renewable subject to a 3.0 GPA requirement.
- Currently enrolled college students are eligible; high-school applicants are preferably to apply after the first semester of senior year.