Scholarship Program

Purpose

To assist in the training, re-training, or advancement of employees or potential employees of North Dakota franchised farm and outdoor power equipment dealers in order to create a larger pool of qualified, committed, long-term employees for those dealerships.

Eligibility

NDIDA's Scholarship Program is available to all employees or potential employees of North Dakota franchised farm and power equipment dealerships, subject to the following conditions:

  1. Employees or potential employees must be approved by the dealer principal for training, re-training, or professional advancement.
  2. The employee or potential employee must be enrolled and accepted in a higher education curriculum, which is approved by the dealer principal. Scholarship recipients must be enrolled full-time in the approved course of study.
  3. The dealer principal must be willing to provide matching scholarship funds in the amount of $500, and must be a current member of NDIDA.

Awards

NDIDA scholarship awards are currently set at $500 per recipient per year.

Applications must be made in writing and must be forwarded to the Association office. Contact us for an application. If scholarship requests exceed available funds, scholarship awards will be made by random drawing.

Scholarship awards will be limited to one per dealership per year, unless excess scholarship funds remain after the initial round of awards. If necessary, the second round of scholarship awards will be chosen by random drawing as well.

Scholarship awards are renewable for the second, third, and fourth years of the student's educational program, as long as the student remains eligible and the dealer principal agrees to participate with matching funds. Students must reapply for scholarship renewals, and submit a progress report from their faculty advisor or department chairperson.

Scholarship funds will be submitted to the school, and applied directly to student tuition. Both association and dealer contributions must be received by the school prior to crediting the student's tuition. Scholarship funds will be divided equally among the semesters or quarters to be attended during a given school year. Any breach of enrollment or other unsatisfactory performance in the course of the student's studies will result in cessation of aid, at which time any remaining scholarship funds will be returned equally to the dealer and the association.

For more information, contact: Matthew Larsgaard, Director of Education
NDIDA
PO Box 2524
Fargo, ND 58108
Ph. 701-293-6822
Fax 701-293-6824
mlarsgaard@ndida.com