AE GRANTS

GRANTS FOR CAP UNITS

The Aerospace Education Foundation (AEF), established by the Air Force Association (AFA), helps provide educational opportunities for America’s youth by providing aerospace education grants for CAP units. Since 1996, AEF has provided over $100,000 to CAP units to help fund their aerospace education programs.

Units are eligible to receive one grant every other year. Grants cannot exceed $250 per request. Grants must be used for AE related items/activities such as books, videotapes, aerospace oriented field trips, and Aerospace Education Days. Grants may not be used for uniforms, honor guard, or color guard activities nor used for individual member flying instruction.

Grant recipients must file a follow-up report with HQ CAP/LMA on how the AEF grant contributed to their AE program. Any CAP unit may participate in the summer competition. The application deadline for summer competition is June 30th.

An application can be requested from HQ CAP/LMA or downloaded from http://level2.cap.gov/index.cfm?nodeID=5505.
Completed applications are faxed to HQ CAP/LMA (334-953-4235) or mailed to HQ CAP/LMA at the following address:
Civil Air Patrol
National Headquarters/LMA
105 South Hansell Street/Bldg 714
Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6332

GRANTS FOR EDUCATORS

The Aerospace Education Foundation (AEF)is an affiliate of the Air Force Association and is dedicated to ensuring America’s aerospace excellence through public awareness programs. For more information, go to: http://www.aef.org/.

The Aerospace Education Foundation offers 2 types of educator grants:

• AEF $250 special educator grant for teachers who are members of the Civil Air Patrol.
• AEF $250 special educator grant for teachers who are not members of Civil Air Patrol.

AEF is also sponsoring free memberships for educators who are not members of Civil Air Patrol. See the CAP NHQ website for more information.