Guidelines for the IDA Scholarship Program

Comprised of the Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program and the Healy Family Scholarship Program

The IDA Scholarship Program was created to provide career-minded individuals in professional detailing the opportunity to develop professionally, civically, and socially within the detailing industry.  The two current scholarship programs honor Rick Goldstein and the Goldstein Family, and Denis Healy and the Healy Family.

These are the scholarships available at this time:

The Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program has two components:

• Scholarship offered to attend University and College training programs (IDA pays)
  
• Scholarships for programs donated by private companies offering hands-on training (i.e. Autogeek, Rupes, PDP, etc.)
  Funds Usage: course tuition, course materials, travel expenses, lodging, food

The Healy Family Scholarship Program, which is contingent upon passage of an approved Goldstein Scholarship education program:

• Upon successfully passing the designated education program, the scholarship recipients approved for the Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program would be given the opportunity to take the IDA Certification Exam and IDA Skills Validated Exam donated through the Healy Family Scholarship Program.
  

In order to apply for this scholarship, the candidate must:

1. Be 18 years of age or older by April 1st of each year.
2. Have verifiable detailing experience within the past two years.
3. Complete an application and include a one-page essay explaining how you envision your involvement in the detailing community after graduation.

The IDA Scholarship Committee will select the scholarship recipients, which will be subject to final approval of the Board of Directors of the International Detailing Association.*

The International Detailing Association (IDA) Scholarship Committee Chair shall notify each individual scholarship applicant of the decision regarding their application.  The scholarship payment will be made after the International Detailing Association’s Board Meeting and after the selected student notifies the Association about the training/school they will be attending.  Click here  for a list of some available programs, as approved by the IDA Scholarship Committee.  (Please note: this is not an exhaustive list; it is just provided for applicants as a helpful resource.)  All scholarship checks will be made payable to the college or training center for the student.

*No member of the IDA Scholarship Committee, during his or her tenure on the IDA Scholarship Committee, or immediate family members of the Goldstein or Healy families shall be eligible for scholarship assistance.  No member of the International Detailing Association (IDA) Board of Directors, or his or her immediate family, shall be eligible for scholarship assistance during his or her tenure on the International Detailing Association (IDA) Board of Directors.  The IDA Scholarship Committee retains the right to withhold scholarship awards in any year if no candidate is determined to be qualified.

We are not currently accepting scholarship applications.

Support the IDA Scholarship Program

Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program:

Anyone who met Rick Goldstein could see his passion for the car care industry. Not just in regard to the products in the industry but also in regard to the current and future detailers in the industry. He knew firsthand how the passion for car care and detailing could transform someone’s life and livelihood. That’s the reason for the Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program.  Rick was such a huge supporter of this industry, it’s only fitting that his legacy is carried on in the form of training future generations of detailers. With your help we can make sure Rick’s name is rightfully associated with the detailing industry that he so loved for many years to come. 

Healy Family Scholarship Program:

Setting the industry standard for superiority in car care is what Denis Healy and the Healy family have done and will continue to do.  An important part of that commitment is supporting the future generations of car detailers and giving them ample resources to succeed, and that starts with training, which is paramount to growing this industry.  Upon successfully passing an IDA-designated education program, scholarship recipients approved for the Rick Goldstein Scholarship Program will be given the opportunity to take the IDA Certification Exam and IDA Skills Validated Exam donated through the Healy Family Scholarship Program.  The Healy family has seeded the certification pot with a $25,000 donation.

If you would like to join us on the journey of educating the future of detailing, please consider a donation to the IDA Scholarship Program as outlined below.  Both the Goldstein and the Healy programs fall under the umbrella of the IDA Scholarship Program as part of the IDA Founder's Club and governed by the IDA Scholarship Program Committee.  Please note these donations are not tax deductible.

• Angel Investor Level - Above $2,500
  
• Innovator Level - $2,500 and under
  
• Builder Level - $1,000 and under
  
• Believer Level - $500 and under
  
• Friend Level - $250 and under
  
• No gift is too large or too small!
  
  

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Alternatively, in lieu of a financial contribution, we are also accepting donations for training programs/courses.  Click the button below to learn more and enter program details.

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