Charles Stokes Memorial Turbine Training Scholarship
Scholarship Description
Two $3,000 scholarships are available to eligible NAAA Operator and Pilot members for turbine transition training.
The NAAA scholarship has been made possible thanks to a generous educational grant from Jim Mills of Turbines Inc., who established the scholarship in memory of Charles Stokes. The National Agricultural Aviation Association administers the scholarship. The deadline to apply is Sept. 8th.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must have a minimum of 150 hours of ag time to apply.
- Entrant must be a Pilot, Affiliated Operator or Operator member of NAAA.
- Entrant must be sponsored by an NAAA Operator Member. (It doesn’t necessarily need to be the operator the applicant works for, but the sponsor must be a current member in NAAA’s Operator dues category.)
- Operator Member applicants may not sponsor themselves—they would need another NAAA Operator Member to sponsor them.
- Paid employees of NAAA and immediate members of their families are not eligible.
- Applicants may only apply for one NAAA pilot-training scholarship a year—either the Charles Stokes Memorial Turbine Training Scholarship or the NAAA “Ag Wings of Tomorrow” Scholarship, but not both in the same year.
Application Dates
Deadline: September 8, 2026 (Current)
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Field of Study
- Pilot Training
Scholarship Type
- Education Tuition
Scholarship Recurrence
- Annual