The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission announced that the FY20\nAeronautics Commission Aviation & Aerospace Education Grant Program is now\naccepting applications through May 31, 2019. Any learning institutions or organizations\ninstructing an aviation and\/or aerospace minded educational program or camp in\nthe coming year should apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aerospace and aviation education is one of the Aeronautics\nCommission\u2019s top priorities. Since FY2001, it has provided over $2.8M in\naerospace and education funding to organizations and programs throughout the\nstate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applicants from colleges and universities that successfully\nreceived grants from the agency last year were: Ada City School District, Bethany\nMiddle School, Dove Science Academy, Gordon Cooper Tech Center, Guthrie Junior\nHigh, Merritt School, Metro Tech, Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee Public\nSchools, Owasso High School, Rose State College, and Southeastern and Oklahoma\nUniversities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grants are for education programs that are aviation and\naerospace minded for primary through post-secondary education. The program\nfunds are part of more than $270,000 the agency annually provides to programs\nstatewide aimed at exposing more Oklahoma young people to STEM (science,\ntechnology, engineering and math) and careers in the aviation and aerospace\nindustry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is nothing more important that we do here at the\nAeronautics Commission than to encourage young people to consider aerospace or\naviation as a career when they finish their post-secondary education. The\nAeronautics Commission\u2019s aerospace and aviation education funding supports the\nOklahoma Works initiative that aims to address the skills gap and connect\nstudents to programs that will help build Oklahoma\u2019s aerospace and aviation\nworkforce,\u201d said director Victor Bird, with the Aeronautics Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n