CAPA 2025 Scholarship Application Form

The Cape Area Pilots Association, Inc. (CAPA) offers several scholarships each up year up to $5,000. These scholarships are for students seeking aviation careers, enrolling or continuing in higher education institutions in aviation learning.

Please read and follow the instructions carefully prior to submitting your application. All selected scholarship applicants will be notified on or before the 1st of June 2025. 

To be eligible for these scholarships, the applicant must:

·        Be a resident of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, or Nantucket, Massachusetts

·        Be a high school senior, graduate, attending an aviation college or university leading to a Bachelors or Associates degree in an aviation related course of study,

OR

·        Be employed in an aviation related field during which the applicant is attempting to enhance aviation job skills through course work at a trade, technical school, junior college, college or university.

Requirements: 

1.      Complete the Cape Area Pilots Scholarship Application below.

2.      Upload a letter of recommendation from a teacher, professor, instructor, guidance counselor, or employer.

3.      Upload a letter of recommendation from a non-relative who knows you well as an individual, attesting to your character.

4.      Upload a personal letter from the applicant. This should include, but is not limited to: your reason for selecting an aviation career path; aviation related activities and what they mean to you; what type of employment you intend to pursue; and extracurricular activities, hobbies and interests.

5.      Upload a copy of your current transcripts.

Deadline for the COMPLETE application: March 31, 2025, for a decision by June 1, 2025.

Note, this is a very competitive scholarship, so unfortunately incomplete applications will not be able to be reviewed.

In case of questions, contact Arlene Myers Alexander, Chair CAPA 2025 Scholarship Committee at scholarships@capepilot.org. 

Thank you for your interest in aviation and your submission.  

If selected, you will be asked for documentation to support the data you provide. Likewise, all correspondence and award agreements will be generated from the personal information submitted below. So, please use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation.

By signing the space below, you are certifying that all information is correct and that you are the person completing this application. When you press the submit button, you will receive an email confirmation that your application was received. Please print for your records and retain as verification of your application.

 

CAPA is committed to equal opportunity in employment and education. CAPA does not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.