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.

The Cargo Skills Seminar is a one-day event designed to educate attendees on how to recognize, investigate and defend claims and lawsuits that arise from the loss or damage to goods and to manage situations following a cargo claim against a carrier or insured. The Cargo Skills Seminar will take place on April 1.

The Liability Skills Seminar is a two-day event designed to teach attendees critical thinking skills with real-world scenarios and key strategies in all areas for the successful handling of trucking claims. The Liability Skills Seminar will take place on April 2-3.

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: 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: Two (2) hotel nights at the TIDA group rate at the host hotel, arriving April 1 and departing on April 3.

The deadline to submit a scholarship application for the 2025 Cargo Skills Seminar or Liability Skills Seminar is December 16, 2024.

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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. 

"This event truly embodies the goals of TIDA - the sharing of ideas and making important connections. The value of the information and the people you meet far exceeds any cost associated with it."

Knowledgeable and engaging presenters in a smaller setting made it easier to ask questions, share information, unique circumstances and experiences with the group and fellow attendees."

 REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025 SEMINARS OPENS THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 15, 2024.