Skip to content

1 of 5

Find scholarships

1,541 scholarships and 261 programs for Alberta high school students, in one place. Search by name or keyword, filter by where you live, and see when each listing was last checked against the provider's own page.

2 of 5

Get a shortlist

Not sure where to start? Answer a few questions about your grade, where you live, what you want to study and your average, and get the awards you fit, with the ones closing soonest up top. No email needed, and your answers never leave your device.

3 of 5

Save the ones you want

Tap Save on any listing. Your shortlist lives on the Saved page, as a list or a calendar of deadlines, so you can come back to it. No account: it stays on this device.

4 of 5

Never miss a deadline

The Deadlines page lays out every closing date, month by month. On any listing, leave your email and get a reminder 30, 14 and 3 days before it closes. That email is the only personal information we ever hold, and one click deletes it.

5 of 5

Apply with a plan

Guides cover the essay, reference letters, the Rutherford and Loran, and the scholarships near you. It is all free, with no ads and no login, built by a high school student in Medicine Hat.
← Back to Scholarships
Opens later, date not posted

COPA Neil J. Armstrong Ab-Initio Scholarship

National

Who can apply: Aspiring pilots aged 16 to 21 who cannot afford flight training

Amount and deadline

AWARD VALUE
$14,000
DEADLINE TBA
NEEDS Grades 10 to 12 · Financial need

Checked against the provider's page in Sep 2026.

Check the provider

Who can apply

Aspiring pilots aged 16 to 21 who cannot afford flight training

Worth knowing

One award a year nationally, and at $14,000 it is one of the largest single awards a 16-year-old in Canada can win. The money pays for the Private Pilot Licence only: flight instruction, instructional materials and course costs. It does NOT cover college or university tuition, meals, travel to the airport, clothing, or gear like headsets, flight bags and tablets. Funds go straight to your flight school in milestones as you pass them: $2,500 at first solo, $2,500 each at cross country and solo cross country stages, and $1,500 at licence completion, so you never handle the money. Applicants normally must be COPA members and Canadian residents, though the selection committee can waive membership in special circumstances. You are expected to finish inside about a year. The 2026 round ran December 15 to March 13 at 11:59 p.m. ET, applied for at copa.awardspring.com. Past recipients have come from BC, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, so no Alberta winner is on the public list yet. Verified against copanational.org on 2026-09-08.

About this scholarship

A $14,000 scholarship from the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association covering a Private Pilot Licence for one aspiring pilot aged 16 to 21 a year who could not otherwise afford the training.

More like this

See all →
Air Access Bursary Alberta $10,000 Opens later, date not posted CEMF John Evans Engineering Entrance Award National $5,000 Opens later, date not posted Maizex 4-H Canada Scholarship National $4,000 Opens later, date not posted Memorial Ribbon Scholarship National Up to $50,000 Opens later, date not posted

Programs to go with it

See all →
Inspirit AI Scholars Research Has a fee Open any time JAMHacks – High School Hackathon Competitions Free Opens later, date not posted Healthcare Career Exploration Camp – Alberta Health Services Summer Has a fee Opens later, date not posted