Digital Avionics Scholarships
Scholarship Sponsored by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships Program provides financial aid to college sophomores, juniors, and seniors on an annual basis. These scholarships can be renewed each year until the student graduates.
Through its Graduate Awards Program, the AIAA Foundation recognizes and rewards graduate students who are conducting outstanding research in the fields of air and space sciences.
Applications for both the Undergraduate Scholarship and Graduate Award must be submitted online. All applicants are required to be AIAA Student Members. To join as a Student Member, click here.
Applicants have the opportunity to apply for a maximum of three (3) scholarships or graduate awards. The application form allows you to specify your top choice for an award, as well as two (2) additional awards you would like to be considered for. Please be aware that applicants who do not show a clear academic interest in the subject area of the award will not be eligible, so it's important to choose awards that align with your academic focus.
Scholarships & Graduate Awards
IMPORTANT DATES
Applications for scholarships are open from October 1st to January 31st.
Undergraduate Scholarships
Eligibility criteria for the AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship are as follows:
- Applicants must be active AIAA Student members in good standing
- Applicants must have completed at least one full-time academic semester of college work
- Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.300 on a 4.000 scale, unless stated otherwise
- Unless specified otherwise, applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college or university within the United States or U.S. Territories
- Applicants' educational plans should be geared towards continuing studies in a science or engineering field that will lead to a career in aerospace engineering
Undergraduate Scholarships: Names & Award Amounts
- Daedalus 88 Scholarship: $10,000 Note: Applicants are encouraged to highlight their entrepreneurial spirit by detailing their leadership role in a student-led, hands-on multidisciplinary aerospace engineering project. Applicants must be prepared to give a presentation on the project at a mutually agreed upon location.
- David and Catherine Thompson Space Technology Scholarship: $10,000
- Mary W. Jackson Scholarship: $10,000
- Vicki and George Muellner Scholarship for Aerospace Engineering: $5,000
- Space Transportation Scholarship: $1,500
- Rocky Mountain Section Scholarship: $500 Note: This scholarship is exclusively for students studying at accredited institutions located within the geographic boundaries of the AIAA Rocky Mountain Professional Section.
Digital Avionics Scholarships
- Cary Spitzer Digital Avionics Scholarship: $3,000
- Denise Ponchak Digital Avionics Scholarship: $3,000 This scholarship is only available to non-US Students studying at a non-US University. Students from embargoed countries are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
- Dr. Amy R. Pritchett Digital Avionics Scholarship: $3,000
- Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship: $3,000
- Ellis F. Hitt Digital Avionics Scholarship: $3,000