Twenty-three schools will receive $10 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help attract and train students for careers as pilots and aviation maintenance technicians. Twelve of the schools will receive $5 million from the FAA’s Aircraft Pilots Aviation Workforce Development Grants program. The schools can use the funding to create and deliver curriculums designed to prepare students to become pilots, aerospace engineers or drone operators.
Grant recipients include:
- AOPA Foundation Institute, Frederick, Md.: $498,100
- Black Pilots of America, Seattle, Wash.: $500,000
- Broward College, Pembroke Pines, Fla.: $500,000
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.: $345,711
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona, Fla.: $484,803
- Kentucky Office of Employment & Training, Frankfort, Ky.: $500,000
- Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, Inc, Mount Royal, N.J.: $171,231.80
- School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penn.: $197,180
- Sling Flying Club, LLC, Torrance, Calif.: $499,865
- Tuskegee Museum, Detroit, Mich.: $500,000
- University of Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie West, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: $499,301
- William Jessup University, Rocklin, Calif.: $303,808.20
Grant recipients include:
- Aviation Technical Services Inc., Everett, Wash.: $459,206.29
- Cape Cod Community College, Plymouth, Mass.: $463,304
- Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cincinnati, Ohio: $423,594
- F & E Aviation Maintenance, Miami Springs, Fla.: $500,000
- Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, Ill.: $500,000
- Nashua Community College, Nashua, N.H.: $456,051
- Pearl River Community College, Poplarville, Miss.: $500,000
- San Luis Obispo County Community College District, San Luis Obispo, Calif.: $484,299
- Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth, Texas: $282,345.71
- Technical Education Services Inc, Norfolk, Va.: $431,200
- The Fulton Leadership Academy, East Point, Ga.: $500,000
Visit the FAA website for additional details about the grant recipients.
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