The NASCOE Scholarship Program is designed to help defray expenses of NASCOE members, children, grandchildren, and spouses. To be eligible, the NASCOE member or associate member’s dues must be paid and membership kept current for the past 5 years, or if less than 5 years, continuous membership has been maintained since becoming a NASCOE member within the first 12 months of becoming a permanent employee. Scholarships can only be won once at the Area and National level.
Scholarship categories and amounts are listed below:
- Vocational Scholarship **NEW**
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a graduating high school senior or first-year college freshman enrolled as a full-time student at a vocational, technical, or trade school. Vocational schools include a form of education that is designed to teach students the valuable skills they need to perform a particular task or job, usually in a practical training that focuses on a single field
- Area: $250
- National: $500
- Traditional Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a graduating high school senior or first-year college freshman enrolled as a full-time student with a minimum of 12 hours at an accredited college, university or trade school. Applicants must be a NASCOE member’s child, or a member’s legal dependent.
- Area: $1500
- National: $2500
- Open Continuing Education Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, or graduate student continuing their education at an accredited college, university or trade school while carrying 6 or more credit hours per semester.
- Area: $500
- National: $1,500
- Members Continuing Education Scholarship
The applicants must be a NASCOE member continuing their education at an accredited college, university or trade school. The Member must be attending, or currently enrolled to attend, an accredited college or participating in a career advancement program designed to increase the skill set and further their employment abilities within the Farm Service Agency.
- Area: $500
- National: $1500
- Continuing Education for Adult Children of Members Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a member’s adult child continuing their education as required or encouraged through their employer for 5 or less credit hours a semester. Applicants must be a member’s child, member’s legal dependent, or member’s grandchild.
- Area: $250
- National: $500
- Part-time Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a high school junior or senior currently enrolled in concurrent classes OR a student taking classes to complete a certificate, associate, or bachelor’s degree. Student must be enrolled in less than 12 hours at an accredited college, university or trade school. Applicants must be a NASCOE member’s child, or a member’s legal dependent.
- Area: $125
- National: $250
- Grandchildren Scholarship
This award may be used to defray expenses for a student continuing their education enrolled at an accredited college, university or trade school while carrying 12 or more credit hours per semester. Applicants must be a member's grandchild. The scholarship application will be submitted and judged by the state the NASCOE member is employed.
- Area: $250
- National: $500
- Associate Member Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for an associate member, an associate member’s spouse, an associate member’s child, grandchild or legal dependent enrolled as a student with a minimum of 6 hours of enrollment at an accredited college, university, or trade school.
- Area: $250
- National: $500
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NASCOE DSA Awards are a great way to help recognize a coworker for their hard work and dedication. This program encourages recognition of NASCOE members who make outstanding contributions in EACH of the areas below:
Service to NASCOE
Service to FSA-Agriculture
Service to Community
- Any member of the Association may make a nomination.
- Nominees must be member of the association in good standing, members serving under a permanent appointment, and members voluntarily retired during the current year are eligible to receive these awards.
- Only members of a State Association which is affiliated with the National Association can be considered eligible at the Area and National levels.
- National Officers, Area Executives, Alternate Area Executives, National Committee Chairpersons are ineligible for consideration of a Distinguished Service Award while serving in any of these capacities.
- No member shall be awarded more than one Distinguished Service Award for the same action on the same level. This does not disqualify a member from receiving multiple Distinguished Service Award in one or more categories with different nominations, but rather prevents winning two or more awards with the same nomination on the same level.
- Want to nominate someone, but not sure how or what to write? Reach out to your NASCOE Awards & Scholarship chair for some past examples. It is easier than you think!
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Submissions must be completed by February 15th at 11:00 pm CST.
NASCOE Sick Leave Awards recognizes permanent employees who are NASCOE members in good standing that have accumulated unused sick leave at the following levels:
- 1,000 Hours
- 1,500 Hours
- 2,000 Hours
- 2,500 Hours
- 3,000 Hours
- 3,500 Hours
- 4,000 Hours *New Level*
Sick Leave Awards may only be awarded one time at each award level.
- Certificates are awarded to permanent employees who are NASCOE members in good standing for accumulated sick leave.
- Any NASCOE member or State Awards Chairperson can complete the awards submission by filling out the survey in the above link.
- To qualify for this award, the member must have the accumulated sick leave hours in the respective category by pay period 26.
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Heidi Clinkingbeard, Awards & Scholarships Committee Chair
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