Academic
&
Flight Scholarships. National Headquarters makes academic and
flight
scholarships
available to CAP members on a competitive basis. Scholarships are
announced
each fall
on-line at
www.cap.gov. The number of scholarships and their
value is based on the
total amount
of' scholarship funds available each year.
Basic Eligibility Criteria
The following criteria applies to all scholarships, unless noted
otherwise in the various scholarship announcements found on the
scholarship webpages:
1. Be a current CAP member;
2. Have earned the Billy Mitchell Award (Cadets
only)
3. Possess and maintain an academic and discipline
standard acceptable to the school;
4. Be enrolled in a full-time course of study
during the academic year for which the scholarship is awarded.
Basic Application Procedures
The following application
procedures apply to all scholarships, unless noted otherwise in the
various scholarship descriptions listed on the related webpages (see
the weblinks below):
1. APPLICATION FORM. Submit
to HQ CAP a completed CAPF 95, Application for CAP
Scholarship, endorsed by the squadron and wing commander.
Attach transcripts, test scores, etc., as specified on the reverse
of the
CAPF 95.
To help ensure application materials remain together, send the
application, transcripts, etc., as a single packet;
avoid sending HQ CAP multiple mailings, if at all possible.
When applying for multiple scholarships, submit a completed
CAPF 95 and the required supporting documents for each. In such
cases, it is sufficient to send photocopies of official transcripts,
provided that the original transcripts are included with one of the
application packages.
2. DEADLINE. Send College
Scholarship and Flying Scholarship application packages to the
address below, postmarked by 31 January 2007. See links
below for more information.
Late and incomplete applications
will not be considered.
HQ CAP / MD
Attn: Scholarship Committee
105 South Hansell Street
Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6332
3. APPLICATION STATUS. Upon receipt, HQ CAP reviews each
application for completeness and notifies members of their
application’s status via the Web.
About two weeks after mailing an application to HQ CAP, visit
the CAP scholarship webpage to check the application’s status (see
link below under Announcements). This webpage will indicate whether
the application has been accepted as complete, or what documents are
needed to complete the application. No special code is needed to
access the webpage, but applications are sorted by CAPID (individual
names are not listed).
It is the applicant’s responsibility to submit all application
materials on time and to verify their application’s status via the
scholarship webpage at the link below. Members who do not have Web
access in their home are encouraged to access the Web at a public
library or a friend’s home.
Incomplete and ineligible applications will not be considered.
4. ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS. Winners will be
announced at the 2007 Winter National Board being held in Washington
D.C. March 2-3, 2007 and at the bottom of this page under
"Announcements".
5. ACCOUNTABILITY. If
requested, scholarship recipients must provide HQ CAP with a record
of all academic work completed while on scholarship.
6. QUESTIONS? Contact Kelly
Easterling at 1-888-211-1812, Ext 416.
Apply Today!
Click a link to learn more about the various scholarship
opportunities.
College Scholarships:
CAP Academic Scholarships | Auburn University Engineering | Dowling
College of Aviation | Clara Livingston
Flying Scholarships:
CAP Flying Scholarship | Order of Daedalians | AOPA Scholarship
| The Spaatz Association |
United States Air Force Academy Preparatory
School
Interested in the United States Air Force Academy?
Click here to find out more
(compliments of the AZ CAP-USAF office), or visit the
USAFA web
site.
Interested in an Air Force ROTC scholarship?
Click here to view a power point presentation or visit the
Air Force ROTC web site to find out more!
See
www.cap.gov/scholarships for the most current
information about eligibility
requirements and application procedures
