{"id":20909,"date":"2022-02-09T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20909"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:12:35","slug":"ncdot-accepting-applications-for-aviation-career-education-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/ncdot-accepting-applications-for-aviation-career-education-grants\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NCDOT Accepting Applications for Aviation Career Education Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Airports encouraged to partner with educational organizations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The N.C. Department of Transportation\u2019s Division of Aviation is accepting applications from airports for its 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.ncdot.gov\/municipalities\/State-Airport-Aid\/Documents\/2022-NCDOT-ACE-Academies-Grant-Program-Overview.pdf\">Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy Grant Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program supports aerospace workforce development by\nproviding grants of up to $3,000 per academy to host aerospace and aviation\ncareer-focused summer academies for middle and high school students that\ninspire and engage the next generation of talent. Academies must host a minimum\nof 30 students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics can include aviation history, career discovery and\nplanning and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, or drones). Academies should place\na priority on exploring high-demand aviation and aerospace careers, such as\nmanned and unmanned aircraft pilots, aircraft technicians, electronics, including\ncoding and programming, avionics, air traffic controllers and engineers.\nAcademies will also explore how students can gain education and credentials\nthrough North Carolina\u2019s community college and university programs to pursue\nthose professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCDOT has allocated $24,000 in grant funds for this program.\nAll 72 North Carolina public-use airports eligible for development grant\nfunding from NCDOT are eligible for this program. Airports are encouraged to\npartner with local educational and nonprofit organizations to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s public airports generate more than $61\nbillion annually for the state\u2019s economy and provide more than 373,000 jobs.\nThe rapid growth of the aerospace and unmanned aircraft system sectors offers\njob opportunities for North Carolinians in the aerospace field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is already a tremendous need to develop the workforce\nin the transportation industry,\u201d said NCDOT Director of Aviation Bobby Walston.\n\u201cInstilling a passion for aviation and aerospace in our youth will ensure that\nwe develop a strong talent pipeline to sustain and grow this important sector\nand provide jobs for our people and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airports must apply for grants by March 7. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.ncdot.gov\/municipalities\/State-Airport-Aid\/Documents\/2022-NCDOT-ACE-Academies-Grant-Program-Overview.pdf\">connect.ncdot.gov<\/a> and search \u201cACE Academies\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airports encouraged to partner with educational organizations The N.C. Department of Transportation\u2019s Division of Aviation is accepting applications from airports for its 2022 Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy Grant Program. The program supports aerospace workforce development by providing grants of up to $3,000 per academy to host aerospace and aviation career-focused summer academies for middle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20910,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20909\/revisions\/20910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}