Kylie Murray Memorial Flight Training Scholarship
Offered by Experimental Aircraft Association
About this scholarship
The Kylie Murray Memorial Flight Training Scholarship is an endowed annual award administered through the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Ray Aviation Scholarship network. One woman age 16 to 19 is selected to receive up to $12,000 toward earning a private pilot certificate. The recipient must be committed to an aviation-oriented college degree—such as professional flight, aviation management, aviation maintenance, or aeronautical engineering—and must participate actively in at least one high-school sport. Candidates do not submit a separate national Kylie Murray form. They first contact a local EAA chapter, follow that chapter’s Ray Aviation Scholarship selection process, and explicitly state their interest in the Kylie Murray scholarship in the Ray application. The underlying Ray criteria include a prior Young Eagles flight, a student pilot certificate, a third-class medical certificate for private-pilot training, and readiness to begin training within 30 days of approval. Selected scholars volunteer with their EAA chapter, report progress monthly, aim to solo within three months, pass the written exam within six months, and complete the checkride within twelve months. A recipient who trains at Cub Air Flight LLC in Hartford, Wisconsin may also receive up to $5,000 for instrument training, excluding time-building costs. Local deadlines vary because chapters must nominate their selected Kylie Murray candidate to EAA by March 31 each year.
Eligibility
- Be a woman between ages 16 and 19
- Be formally and actively participating in at least one high-school sport
- Plan to pursue an aviation-oriented college degree
- Receive at least one EAA Young Eagles flight before selection
- Hold a student pilot certificate and, for private-pilot training, at least a third-class medical certificate
- Apply through a local EAA chapter and mention the Kylie Murray scholarship in the Ray Aviation application
- Be able to begin flight training within 30 days after EAA approval
- Commit to chapter service, monthly reporting, and the Ray flight-training milestones