The Truckload Carriers Association announced the application period for its TCA Scholarship Fund is officially open. The program has expanded to accept applications from full-time students attending accredited two-year programs at junior colleges.
Previously, the program only awarded four-year accredited college students, and TCA is pleased to announce that this change will allow both types of college students to participate. TCA is confident that this new format and expansion will open more doors for students seeking a supply chain and logistics career. Scholarship money will be awarded for the fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters.
For nearly 50 years, the Truckload Carriers Association Scholarship Fund has been helping students with connections to the truckload industry. The fund awards up to $6,250 per year, per full-time four-year college student and then up to $2,000 per full-time two-year college student. In the 2022-2023 school year, the TCA Scholarship Fund’s board of trustees awarded 48 students scholarships totaling more than $140,000, and it projects $159,000 will be given for the next academic year.
“The longevity of this program combined with the donor’s support and focus on paying forward to hundreds of participants emphasizes an additional benefit of TCA membership,” said Joey Hogan, board member at Covenant Logistics and chairman of the TCA Scholarship Committee. “To the donors, we are extremely grateful, and the addition of the Junior Colleges to the program recognizes the trades that are also vitally important to our industry.”
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Much of the program’s support comes from within the truckload TCA family—companies and individuals committed to the future of the truckload community. Any student in good standing (minimum grade point average of 3.0) attending an accredited, four-year, or two-year college or university as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior is encouraged to apply. The applicant must be either the child, grandchild, or spouse of an employee or is an employee of a TCA member company or a child, grandchild, or spouse of an independent contractor or an independent contractor affiliated with a TCA member company.
“TCA is super excited to broaden the scholarship program to now include full-time two-year college students,” said Zander Gambill, TCA’s VP of membership & outreach. “This expansion is a no-brainer and will support more students looking to start a transportation-based career.”
This program is only available to students affiliated with a TCA member company, including for-hire carriers and associate members.
