It’s About Time Scholarship

Scholarship Name: It’s About Time Scholarship 

Overseen by The Abingdon Co. each year and awards a full registration to one of three Industry Conferences, round trip airfare, and room and board during the conference to a woman 18 years of age or older. Along with first access to seminars and multiple networking opportunities, the Abingdon Co will introduce the winner to key people in their industry who will share their experiences.

Purpose:

The goal of Abingdon Company is to invite someone to see all of the different avenues of their industry (i.e. aviation includes: engineering to aerobatics to maintenance and airlines).

Eligibility:

Applicants are not required to be pilots, divers or in the aviation or dive industries.

This scholarship is awarded internationally and there are no pre-requisites like flight time, resumes, or accomplishments that are required.

• The criteria is simple. The applicant chooses the format for their application.
• The company have had stickers designed, essays written, videos shot, and even someone translated www.TheAbingdonCo.com into Spanish! The one that exhibits the most passion goes.
• Creativity and multiple submissions are encouraged.
• What we were looking for from an individual is support of The Abingdon Co.
• What would you do for The Abingdon Co. that will prove to us that you are the one we should bring with us?
• Use your natural talents and skills to make your application stand out.
• Our past winners have designed a sticker that we now include with every product – it has become a key staple of our branding.
• Another past winner translated our website into Spanish so that more people in their country could learn about The Abingdon Co. in their native language.
• These are the types of applications we are looking for. You have a talent that makes you shine. What is that talent or skill that you possess that you can use to support The Abingdon Co.? Prove to us and we will support you by flying you out to the conference.

Value:

You want us to support you by flying you out, putting you up in a hotel, buying your registration to the conference. We want you to support us in return. Along with first access to seminars and multiple networking opportunities, the Abingdon Co will introduce the winner to key people in their industry who will share their experiences. Applicants are not required to be pilots, divers or in the aviation or dive industries. The goal is to invite someone to see all of the different avenues of their industry (i.e. aviation includes: engineering to aerobatics to maintenance and airlines).

Application Due Dates:

Women in Aviation Conference (Aviation Industry) – January

Heli Expo (Helicopter Industry) – January

DEMA (SCUBA Dive Industry) – September

See website for specific dates each year.

Please send your application to us at email. Our last day for submission is at the end of January. We will announce the winner in February.

Past Scholarship Winners:

2015 Jessica Richardson

Jessica Richardson is the oldest of seven sisters and two brothers from a farm in Indiana. Along with being incredibly computer savvy with project management (she manages multiple clients from her home business), graphic design, and her famous blog, http://sevenfarmgirlsisters.com/, she acquired her Private Pilot Certificate in January 2016. She created a set of stationary that we send out to our fans yearly that has great aviation quotes and The Abingdon Co. branding in order to win the scholarship. Since winning the scholarship, she has begun working on her Instrument Rating and is deciding where aviation will take her next.