THE 99’S WOMEN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Ninety-Nines, Inc. International Organization of Women Pilots is the sponsor of the Women’s Achievement Award given annually at the National SAFECON. This award signifies the Ninety-Nine’s historical support of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association and recognizes the recipient’s academic accomplishments, aviation involvement and community service. Three monetary awards may be presented.

THE MEN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Men’s Achievement Award is given annually at the National SAFECON. This award recognizes the recipient’s academic accomplishments, aviation involvement and community service. Three monetary awards will be presented.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must hold at least a private pilot certificate.
2. May not be a previous first place winner of the award.
3. Must be a full-time student in good standing.
4. Need not be from a school competing in the National SAFECON.
5. Limited to one male and one female applicant from each NIFA member school.

PROCEDURES:

1. Candidates must complete the 2022 Achievement Award Application with two attachments:
   • Letter of recommendation from an instructor or member of the faculty which speaks to academic accomplishments, aviation involvement and community service.
   • Personal Resume’
2. Submit the online application by 6:00 PM EDT, Friday, May 6, 2022.
3. Be available for an in-person interview week of May 9-13, 2022.
4. Coaches will sign the applicants up for interview times when the online appointment calendars open.  COACHES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMINT THE APPLICANTS OF THE INTERVIEW DATE AND TIME.
5. All candidates will be interviewed by NIFA Judges. The applicants will be asked questions and judged in regard to their academic accomplishments, aviation involvement and community service. Financial need and career goals will be taken into consideration.
6. Candidates will be scored on both their applications and the interview.
7. Questions should be addressed to the Event Judge Carolyn Carpp at: carpp99@hotmail.com or (425) 941-3399

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday, May 6 2022 at 6:00PM EDT.

DEADLINE FOR SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS: Friday, May 6 2022 at 6:00PM EDT.

Please CLICK HERE to access the appointment calendar to schedule your Achievement Award interview.

Once you have read the above qualifications, please click the button below to access the application form for the Achievement Awards.

Click here to access the Achievement Awards application

National’s 2022 Topic:

60 hour student (your student) has been training non-stop for months. The students final stage exam is in 2 days. All ground and flight requirements for the Private Pilot Certificate are met to satisfactory levels. The student has begun displaying a degradation in their performance during your recent evaluation for their end of course check. Your student is pushing hard to get their final stage check done quickly. The students checkride is the day after.

Please CLICK HERE to access the appointment calendar to schedule your CFI Event.  ***NOTE:  PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE WITH LESS THAN 24 HRS NOTICE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE EVENT JUDGE***

Each NIFA member school may nominate their coach for the Coach of the Year Award.

The National Intercollegiate Flying Association Coach of the Year Award is  presented annually at the National SAFECON Banquet to the coach who  exemplifies the standards and goals set forth in the purposes of NIFA. See  NIFA By-Law 0.2. 

Qualifications and Procedures: The coach does NOT need to be from a  team competing at the current National SAFECON. A team of judges will  evaluate the written nomination letters. Candidates are scored on a 50 point  scale. 

Judging Criteria: In a letter with separate paragraphs addressing the  criteria, please tell NIFA why your coach is deserving of this award. The  criteria to be addressed are: 

1. Leadership, Inspiration, and Support of Flight Team, School and NIFA (15  pts). 
2. Professionalism (10 pts). 
3. Organization and Delegation of Team Responsibilities (10 pts).
4. 4. Professional Development and Instructional Skills (10 pts).
5. 5. History of SAFECON Excellence (5 pts).

Submission Opens May 1st and close May 13th @6 pm!

The Collegiate Aviation Progress Award is awarded to the most improved school at SAFECON.  Please click here to view the scoring criteria for this award.

RETURNING FOR SAFECON 2022!

Each team may nominate one member as their “Outstanding Team Member.”  You will only be able to enter one name from your team, so do not submit your team’s name until you have made your final decision.

Submission Opens May 1st and close May 13th @6 pm!

This award is presented to the team at SAFECON who has demonstrated the highest levels of good sportsmanship.  Each team present at SAFECON may cast one vote for another team.  Please submit your nomination by clicking the button below.

Submission Opens May 1st and close May 13th @6 pm!