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SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarships Given Out Since Inception May 2022
$35,700
NEXT SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
“Destination Flight Deck”
Open- Closes Sept 22
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wHV4621sd5_EaEiAucGLsgAnfgu0AHXuB4sUxO1K8L4/edit
Must be a Southwest Employee
Must already have Private Pilots license
Must be a US CITIZEN
May be asked to do a virtual video interview in selection process
Previous Winners:
2026 TOTAL TO DATE $13,000
August:
$500 OBAP Conference, Chicago, IL
Larae Stotts- Southwest Airlines
July:
$3,000 “Second Chance Scholarship, Third Annual- Anonymous Donor
Marty Inge, Texas
June:
3rd Annual Pickleball
$1,500- Faustina Peve- Academy of Aviation KKFC , Peach Tree City, GA
$1,000 sponsored by Aviator Intelligence- Andrea Pineda Sierra Charlie, Scottsdale, AZ
$500- Isabelle Ersland UND Aerospace
May:
"Second Annual, If There's A will, There's a Way". Sponsored By Jennifer Meiners
$1,500 Bianca Vasquez-
$1,500 Julian Trillana- United Aviate
April:
UND SAMA Conference
$1,000 Noah Harbarth- UND Aero
$500 Cody Murray UND Aero
March:
$1,000 Spring Schoalrship
Melissa Kurrle- Colorado Springs, CO
February:
$1,000 "Feel the Love" Scholarship
Erin Bardwell- Tampa Bay Aviation
2025
2025 Total : $18,600
December:
$500- Winter Scholarship
Grace Coleman, Auburn University
November:
$150 Sierra Charlie Written Exam: Tasi Kim, Western Michigan University
October:
$1,000 RTAG SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORED BY AVIATOR INTELLIGENCE
-Joseph T. Black ( ATP Flight School)
October
September: $1,000 "Destination Flight Deck" (2)
sponsored by Jennifer Meiners
- Lesly Lopez & Jennifer Shields
-BOTH SWA Flight Attendants
August:
$1,000 "Back to School Scholarship" Lucas De Jager- UND Aerospace, ND
July:
$2,000"Second Chance Scholarship"Jarom Winn- ATP Centennial, CO-
$1,000"Second Chance Scholarship" Catherine Baxter- ATP Centennial, CO-
June:
($1,000) PAPA Conference- Eric Zhang- Middle Georgia State University
$1,000 - $500 - $150 Pickleball Event Scholarship
May:
($150) Sierra Charlie Scholarship: Nicole Hobert- Ohio University
($1,000) If theres a will, theres a way (Donated by Jennifer Meiners) Nicole Hobert- Ohio University
($4,500) Aviator Intelligence Partnership Professional Interview Services: JP Quiampang- Endeavor Airlines
April:
($1,000) UND SAMA SCHOLARSHIP
Kathleen Thompson- UND Aerospace
March:
($1,000) “Women In Aviation Conference” Erika Lewis UND Aerospace
February:
($500) “Feeling the love Scholarship”
Kaelyn Wiese UND Aerospace
January:
($150) Cody Murray- Sierra Charlie Aviation written exam
2024
2024 total awarded: $4,000
December: Sydney Lavoi ($150) ( Sierra Charlie Written Exam)
November- Brianna West ($300) (Winter Scholarship)
October- Jake Oaken ($300) (Fall Flight Scholarship)
October- Brendan Thomas ($150) (Sierra Charlie Written Exam)
September- Evelyn Jordan ($300) (Back to School)
July- Jese Sjorlund ($1,500) (Second Chance Flight)
June- Carson Moe (Paragon Flight, FL) ($500 flight)
June- Payton Keynes (UND AEROSPACE) $150 Written exam
May- David Manzke (UND AEROSPACE) (Flight $500)
March- Jenna Vogt (UND AEROSPACE- $150 WRITTEN)
2023
2023 Total awarded $600
December 31: Becca Briest (UND AEROSPACE (Written Exam $150)
October 31: Alex Goff (South Carolina) (Written Exam $150)
March 27th: Dexter Wright (United Aviate) (Written Exam $150)
May 2: Nick Gilbert (Sierra Charlie Aviation) (Written Exam $150)
All of these scholarships are not possible with out our donor support. THANK YOU!
Restrictions and Rules for all Scholarships
(additional rules listed in application and site if applicable)
- Winner must be a US citizen
- Winner must use funds for disclosed training mentioned in application
- Scholarships must be given directly
to a flight school, no personal checks
- One year redemption timeline from award to use scholarship funds. If not redeemed, unused funds will be used for a future scholarship ran by Project Aviator.