Our 2024 scholarship season is open!
Please submit all applications by Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at 11:59 pm eastern.
If you have any questions, please contact scholarships@rotor.org.
If you have any questions, please contact scholarships@rotor.org.
The HAI Bill Sanderson AMT Scholarship provides full tuition to complete a maintenance course from a selection of courses offered by various airframe and power plant manufacturers. The award includes a monetary stipend up to $1,600 US to assist with travel, lodging, and food. Up to seven scholarships may be awarded annually.
The scholarship was founded in memory of Bill Sanderson, a longtime industry director and advocate for aviation maintenance technician programs.
The Bill Sanderson scholarship awards full tuition to complete an AMT course offered by the following manufacturers:
In addition, scholarship recipients receive:
Required documents
We ask all applicants to provide the following documents:
If A&P certificate is obtained, please provide legible copies, front and back of your license.
Only completed applications that are accompanied with all required documentation will be considered.
Questions? Contact scholarships@rotor.org.
The HAI Commercial Helicopter Pilot Rating Scholarship is awarded each year to pilots who have their private licenses and are in the process of attaining a commercial helicopter rating. Up to two scholarships may be awarded annually.
The scholarship awards $5,000 US toward the cost of obtaining a commercial helicopter rating. In addition, scholarship recipients receive:
Required documents
We ask all applicants to provide the following documents:
Only completed applications that are accompanied with all required documentation will be considered.
Questions? Contact scholarships@rotor.org.
The HAI Maintenance Technician Certificate Scholarship is awarded each year to up to two students studying to become aviation maintenance technicians.
The scholarship awards $2,500 US toward the cost of obtaining your aviation maintenance certificate. In addition, scholarship recipients receive:
Required documents
We ask all applicants to provide the following documents:
Only completed applications that are accompanied with all required documentation will be considered.
Questions? Contact scholarships@rotor.org.
The HAI Michelle North Scholarship for Safety is awarded to a pilot who has already attained a commercial rating and who demonstrates an outstanding aptitude for safe flying and aviation best practices.
The scholarship was founded in memory of Michelle North, a longtime industry advocate of safety, to encourage a stronger focus on safety education and training in helicopter operations. One scholarship may be awarded annually.
The scholarship pays the registration fee for the recipient to attend a safety management system (SMS) course, which will be part of the HAI Professional Education Program at HAI HELI-EXPO 2024, in Anaheim, California, Feb. 26–29, 2024.
In addition, scholarship recipients receive:
Required documents
We ask all applicants to provide the following documents:
Only completed applications that are accompanied with all required documentation will be considered.
Questions? Contact scholarships@rotor.org.
“If I hadn’t won the scholarship, it would’ve been very hard for me to move to a different state and begin flight training somewhere new.”
Sarah Grace Blanton2020 Commercial Helicopter Pilot Rating Scholarship recipient
“The scholarship means a lot to me because the aviation industry is not cheap. I am now a part of a group that will help me along my career for the rest of my life.”
Blake Olson2022 Maintenance Technician Scholarship recipient
“The HAI scholarship is giving me an opportunity to focus on my flight training and achieve my target. Winning the scholarship boosts my confidence and inspires me to wake up every day and work on my goal of obtaining a CHPL.”
Komal Rahane2022 HAI Commercial Helicopter Pilot Rating Scholarship recipient
Meet some of our previous scholarship winners and future faces of the profession through HAI’s Future Faces feature.
“I’m very honored to win the WAI scholarship because I know there are few women in aviation. Realizing there’s this kind of support for female mechanics and female pilots is just amazing.”
Diana Stearns2020 HAI Foundation–sponsored Women in Aviation International (WAI) Maintenance Technician Certificate Scholarship recipient