Nationwide Scholarships

Nationwide and the National Association of Counties want high school seniors to understand the importance of saving early for retirement.

Throughout their decades of partnership, Nationwide and NACo have remained committed to helping you plan for retirement and your family's future.

Eligibility requirements:

• Graduating high school seniors who are legal U.S. residents are eligible to apply. Please keep the following criteria in mind:
• The applicant’s parent, grandparent or legal guardian must be enrolled in and have a current employee funded 457(b) Plan offered through the NACo Deferred Compensation Program.
• Applicants must enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study no later than the autumn term of the 2026-2027 school year or at an accredited Trade School or two or four-year college.
• Immediate family members of NACo employees, members of the NACo Defined Contribution and Retirement Advisory Committee or its governing board of directors, staff of individual state Association of Counties that are members of the LLC and Nationwide employees are not eligible to apply; this program is not offered outside the United States.

Judging criteria:

• Scholarship entries will be reviewed by a committee of associates from both Nationwide and NACo; scholarship recipients will be chosen based on the content of their entry
• All entries submitted will become property of Nationwide and may be used for educational and/or marketing purposes; the original author will be credited