The Aircraft Electronics Association Educational Foundation will award more than 30 scholarships totaling more than $100,000 for the 2007-2008 academic year, to students pursuing a career in the avionics or aircraft maintenance industries.

With four new scholarships added to the list of sponsors -- Rockwell Collins Scholarship, Duncan Aviation Scholarship, Aviation Instrument Association Scholarship, and the Don C. Hawkins Memorial Scholarship -- AEA told Aero-News this week the latest scholarship campaign is the largest since the inception of the AEA Educational Foundation in 1990.

The scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors and college students planning to or already attending an accredited school in an avionics or aviation maintenance program. Students interested in one or more of these scholarships can visit the AEA website, at the FMI link below, to download an application.

The deadline for application submissions is February 15, 2007. Scholarships will be awarded at the 50th anniversary AEA International Convention & Trade Show, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV in March 2007.

The AEA Educational Foundation was founded in 1990 to enhance, promote and secure the future of aviation and the AEA by furthering the education of students, technicians and members of the AEA. The foundation focuses on scholarship programs, support of aviation education institutions and avionics careers.

Nearly $1 million has been award to students since the AEA Educational Foundation's inception.

FMI: www.aea.net/scholarship