Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program
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Limiting Language
The FAA will accept only one application from an eligible entity serving as a single applicant or as a lead for a partnership. The eligible entity may also participate as a non-lead partner on the application(s) of other eligible entities. An applicant entity must have its own Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to be eligible. The FAA will accept only an applicant’s last validated electronic submission, under the correct funding opportunity number, before the Grants.gov application due date as the final and only acceptable application.
Eligible Project Types
Projects that fall into one or more of the categories below will be eligible for an award. An eligible project is a project to:
- Create and deliver a program or curriculum that provides high school or secondary school students and students of institutions of higher education with meaningful aviation education to become aircraft pilots or unmanned aircraft system operators, including purchasing and operating a computer-based simulator associated with such curriculum; Establish or improve scholarship, internship, or registered apprenticeship programs for individuals pursuing employment as a professional aircraft pilot or unmanned aircraft system operator;
- Create and deliver curricula that provide certified flight instructors with the necessary instructional, leadership, and communication skills to better educate student pilots;
- Support the transition to professional aircraft pilot or unmanned systems operator careers, including veterans of the armed forces; Support robust outreach about careers in commercial aviation as a professional aircraft pilot or unmanned system operator; or
- Otherwise enhance or expand the aircraft pilot or unmanned aircraft system operator workforce.