Applications are open October 1 through November 30 at 11:59 p.m. Central for the following year’s Flight and Academic Scholarships. Winners are announced at the Midwinter Gala, usually in early March, and by email. You don’t need to attend to receive an award.
Flight “Solo” Scholarship
$1,500 each · up to four awarded every year
The Flight Scholarship is meant to take a cadet to first solo in an airplane (single-engine land). It covers flight training and the supplies that directly support it, such as the aviation medical exam and ground school. The Board may approve another aircraft category case by case. Training beyond solo can’t be paid from scholarship funds.
The four named scholarships:
- Colonel Louisa Morse Flight “Solo” Scholarship
- General Carl A. Spaatz Flight “Solo” Scholarship
- Colonel Doug Roach Flight “Solo” Scholarship
- General Bergman Flight “Solo” Scholarship
Who can apply
- Civil Air Patrol cadets who have earned the Mitchell Award by the date they apply
- At least a 3.0 GPA in high school or college
- No other similar flight scholarship, including current students and graduates of CAP’s Cadet Wings program (enrolled list, graduates)
- You must be a cadet when applications close, and may use the award through the following year
After you’re selected
- Use the funds within one year of being notified, while you remain an active cadet in good standing or after you transition to senior membership.
- Funds are usually paid as a reimbursement. If you attend a CAP nationally recognized solo flight academy, TSA can pay the school directly, up to the remaining scholarship amount.
- Within 90 days of spending the funds, send a progress or completion report (or a news article) and documentation of how the money was used.
Academic Scholarship
$1,000 minimum
For post-secondary study in an aerospace-industry program or leadership education, at an accredited college, university or trade school.
Who can apply
- Civil Air Patrol cadets who have earned the Mitchell Award by the date they apply
- At least a 2.7 GPA in high school, college or trade school
- You must be a cadet when applications close, and may use the award the following year as a cadet or senior member
- You may not have been selected to attend a military service academy
Colonel Gregory “Evil” Watson Memorial Scholarship
Supports cadet participation in educational, leadership, aerospace and character-development activities, with priority for the Louisiana Wing Summer Encampment.
Questions or support
Questions about scholarships: SecretaryTeam@Spaatz.Org. To fund a scholarship, see How to Give.