Industry Member Scholarships

The 2025 TIDA Cargo Skills & Liability Skills Seminars will be held April 1-3 at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. TIDA is offering five (5) scholarships for the Cargo Skills Seminar and five (5) scholarships for the Liability Skills Seminar.

eligibility criteria

  • Applicants must be a TIDA Industry Trucking or Insurance Member in good standing.
  • There is a maximum of two (2) scholarships per company.
  • If you received a scholarship for any TIDA event in the past year, you may be wait listed.
  • Scholarships are offered on a first come, first served basis.

Scholarships Include

  • One (1) complimentary seminar registration fee - value of $400+
  • Up to $300.00 in travel reimbursement
  • Hotel Night(s) - value of $189 per night plus taxes/fees
    • Cargo Skills Seminar Scholarships: One (1) hotel night at the TIDA group rate at the host hotel, arriving March 31 and departing on April 1
    • Liability Skills Course Seminar Scholarships: Two (2) hotel nights at the TIDA group rate at the host hotel, arriving April 1 and departing on April 3.

Any additional expenses are the responsibility of the attendee.

The deadline to submit a scholarship application was December 16, 2024.

Members will be notified on the status of scholarship applications by December 31, 2024. Recipients will be provided a promo code to register. Do not register for the seminars until you have received notification.

cancellation policy

TIDA is responsible to uphold the cost of your hotel room. All scholarship cancellations must be made using the cancellation form and be submitted no later than March 3, 2025.

If you accept the scholarship and do not attend the Seminar without cancelling, you may be ineligible to receive a future TIDA scholarship. If there is an unforeseen circumstance/emergency that you would like to be considered for an exception to this ineligibility, please advise TIDA as soon as possible.

Cargo & Skills Seminar Scholarships are non-transferable. Use of the scholarship promotional code is only valid for the awarded scholarship recipient and should not be shared with any other individual. Should the promotional code be shared, TIDA has full discretion to revoke the awarded scholarship.