ASTAR Scholarship – Eligibility Criteria & Submission Requirements

ASTAR Scholarship

One (1) scholarship for $1,500 to recipient.

This scholarship is available to high school seniors.

Sponsored by Airbus

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

  1. Applicant must be the child of an APSA member in good standing who has been a member at least one year at the time the scholarship application is made.
  2. Applicant must be a high school senior who has been accepted to an accredited college or university.

NOTE: Applicants for the Norm Jacobson Memorial and ASTAR Scholarships must be children of APSA members in good standing who have been members for at least one year at the time the scholarship applications are made.  In addition and for purposes of these two scholarships only, these APSA members must be employed or appointed as peace officers by governmental law enforcement agencies under the laws of any state or nation, whose duties and responsibilities include the assignment as aircrew in or supervision and management of their agency’s aviation and/or alternative aircraft operations unit, section, division or department.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Name of applicant.
  2. Name, relationship and department/agency of qualifying APSA member.
  3. Applicant’s home address, telephone number and email address.
  4. Applicant’s major field of study.
  5. Name of applicant’s high school and college/university/trade school.
  6. Applicant’s current grade point average (state averaging system employed). Use weighted GPA, if applicable.
  7. SAT and/or ACT score.
  8. Photocopy of the most recent high school transcript (1 file allowed; 1.5mb).
  9. List and description of extracurricular activities (1 file allowed; 1.5mb).
  10. Letter(s) of recommendation (Up to 3 files allowed; 1.5mb each).
  11. Acknowledgement of acceptance from college/university or trade school (1 file allowed; 1.5mb).
  12. Original essay of no more than 200 words describing why the applicant desires and should be considered for the scholarship (1 file allowed; 1.5mb).
  13. Digital photograph of applicant in JPEG format (1 file allowed; 5mb).
  14. Any other information the applicant believes the committee should consider (1 file allowed; 5mb).
  15. Application submissions open February 2 – May 1, 2026.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • APSA Scholarship applicants are considered for ALL scholarships for which they may be eligible (please do not submit more than one application), with a ranking system utilized to determine the recipient of each.  All scholarships are awarded in U.S. dollars.  Previous scholarship recipients are not eligible to receive the same scholarship award. Incomplete submissions may result in disqualification.
  • If your files are too large to be delivered via email or through the website, they can be mailed on a jump drive to:  Airborne Public Safety Association, Attn:  Dan Schwarzbach, 50 Carroll Creek Way, Suite 260, Frederick, MD 21701.