The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) has officially announced the launch of its 2024-2025 scholarship application cycle, which will offer more than $100,000 worth of educational funds to support, Airmen, Guardians, their spouses, and their children in pursuing higher education.
According to certain reports, the stated cycle happens to feature 11 scholarships in total, with the last date for applying set at April 30, 2025. As for the results, they will be announced later in July.
Talk about these scholarships on a slightly deeper level, we begin from Colonel Aaron Burgstein Memorial Scholarship, which provides $1,000 annually to minor dependents of Active, Guard, Reserve, veteran, or retired members of any service branch who are pursuing a degree at an accredited college or university.
Next up, we have Captain Jodi Callahan Memorial Scholarship. This particular scholarship, on its part, can be expected to provide $2,000 to support USAF/USSF Active Duty, Guard, or Reserve personnel who are currently pursuing a master’s degree in a non-technical field.
Then, there is Lt. Col. Romeo and Josephine Bass Ferretti Scholarship. To expand upon that, the scholarship will deliver at the disposal of beneficiaries financial relief worth $5,000. This grant is going to support, upon availability, minor dependents of Air and Space Forces Active Duty, Reserve, or Air National Guard enlisted Airmen who are pursuing an undergraduate STEM degree.
Joining that would be Mike & Gail Donley Spouse Scholarships. These scholarships will bring forth $2,500 annually to encourage Air Force or Space Force spouses worldwide who have aspirations for pursue higher education.
Another scholarship in play would be Col. Loren J. and Mrs. Lawona R. Spencer Scholarship, a program which has been structured to provide three $5,000 scholarships for Air Force personnel (Active Duty, civilian, or full-time National Guard or Reserve), who are striving to pursue graduate-level education in management and administration for eventually landing senior-level leadership roles.
Moving on to the John C. and Blanche Lee Lindsay Memorial Scholarship, it will basically pledge one $2,500 scholarship to a child of members of the United States Air Force, a child who should be pursuing a college degree. Beyond that, there would be Delta Dental Grants. This one provides an assortment of 5 $2,000 scholarships and grants to military spouses, military dependents, and transitioning service members, and it will do so for the advancement of oral health and wellness.
The next scholarship in line is called Dr. Sydell Perlmutter Gold Memorial Scholarship. The stated program will conceive a renewable $5,000 annual scholarship for a total possible award of $20,000. As for who exactly will be the beneficiary here, it will be the daughter of Active, Guard, or Reserve Air Force members who could be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any STEM field.
Hold on, we still have a few bits left to unpack, considering we are yet to touch upon the availability of Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Scholarship, a program which plans on providing $1,000 to current and former members of the Air and Space Forces, Air National Guard, and Reserve, and their spouses or children, thus supporting their ambitions of a college degree or flight training.
We also haven’t touched on AFA’s all-new Destin Flight Works Pilot Training Scholarship. Understood to be funded by Vertol Systems Company, Inc., this program provides one AFA member per year up to $10,000 to facilitate pilot training courses, instructor fee, and aircraft rental. The overarching idea behind that is to secure a private pilot’s license from the Destin Flight Works School in Destin, Fla.
Rounding up the list would be the George and Vicki Muellner Foundation Scholarship. Like the name might suggest, the program in question is actually designed through generous contribution by George and Vicki Muellner Foundation. More on that would reveal how the scholarship will offer two scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each, awarded annually to eligible college students in Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings (AAS-SW). Markedly enough, applications are accepted September through November each academic year.
