Application Package
The FAA is currently accepting applications for the Round 4 – 2025 Aviation Workforce Development Grants for Aircraft Pilots and Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers. Please refer to the current Notice of Funding Opportunity for instructions on how to complete the application package. The FAA intends to only accept electronic applicants. Potential applicants are encouraged to create accounts on grants.gov and can review samples of forms on that website.
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Deadline
The FAA is currently accepting applications for the Round 4 – 2025 Aviation Workforce Development Grants for Aircraft Pilots and Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers. Submit your applications electronically by June 22, 2026 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Questions
Refer to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) below for additional detail. Please e-mail further questions to: AWD-Grants@faa.gov.
FAQ for Round 4 – 2025 Aviation Workforce Development Grants
Overview
The Department of Transportation has the authority to establish two grant programs for aviation workforce development through fiscal year 2028 according to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, section 625 and amended by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S.1939 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress), section 440.
The FAA is investing in the future aviation workforce. We are providing grants to academia and the aviation community to help prepare a more inclusive talent pool of pilots and aviation maintenance technicians, to inspire and recruit the next generation of aviation professionals.
Grants are available to eligible applicants as established in legislation. (Individuals are not eligible to apply directly to the FAA for a grant under these programs.) To learn more, please select Aircraft Pilots or Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers.
Aircraft
Pilots
To support the recruitment of aircraft pilots or unmanned aircraft systems operators’ workforce through education, outreach, recruitment, and military career transition.
Aviation Maintenance
Technical Workers
To support the education and recruitment of aviation maintenance technical workers and the development of the aviation maintenance workforce.
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Please email questions and feedback to us at AWD-Grants@faa.gov.
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