{"id":22043,"date":"2022-05-10T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22043"},"modified":"2022-05-10T02:13:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T02:13:04","slug":"oklahoma-aeronautics-commission-encouraging-grant-applications-as-deadline-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/oklahoma-aeronautics-commission-encouraging-grant-applications-as-deadline-approaches\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission Encouraging Grant Applications as Deadline Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"294\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-05-08T201359.521.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-05-08T201359.521.jpg 570w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-05-08T201359.521-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission&#8217;s (OAC) Aviation\nEducation Program will conclude its application acceptance for the 2022-2023\nacademic year on May 31, 2022. Grants are for education programs that are\naviation and aerospace minded for primary through post-secondary grade levels.\nThe program funds are part of more than $335,000 the agency annually provides\nto programs statewide aimed at exposing more Oklahoma young people to STEM\n(science, technology, engineering and math) and careers in the aviation and\naerospace industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OAC says there is nothing more important that they do at\nthe Aeronautics Commission than to encourage young people to consider aerospace\nor aviation 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 to connect\nstudents to programs that will help build Oklahoma\u2019s aerospace and aviation\nworkforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace and aviation education is one of the Aeronautics\nCommission\u2019s top priorities. Since FY2001, it has provided $4.15 million in\naerospace and education funding to organizations and programs throughout the\nstate. Within the last 5 years alone, the Commission has awarded nearly $1.6\nmillion in education grants and contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OAC encourages Oklahoma applicants to research the rules\nfiled with the Secretary of State to verify that your program qualifies and\nthen apply today! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oac.ok.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/gmc221\/f\/AV%20ED%20GRANT%20APPLICATION%20FY2023.pdf\">Click to start your application today<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission&#8217;s (OAC) Aviation Education Program will conclude its application acceptance for the 2022-2023 academic year on May 31, 2022. Grants are for education programs that are aviation and aerospace minded for primary through post-secondary grade levels. The program funds are part of more than $335,000 the agency annually provides to programs statewide [&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":[98,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22043","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=22043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22045,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22043\/revisions\/22045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}