Awards – Scholarships

Awards and Scholarships Handbook

Link to Online Awards and Scholarship Applications

AWARDS

Distinguished Service Awards

This competitive awards program encourages recognition of NASCOE members who make outstanding contributions in the Areas of:

  • Service to NASCOE
  • Service to FSA-Agriculture; or
  • Service to Community.
DSA-Instructions

Sick Leave Awards

The deadline for Sick Leave Awards is January 15th. Make sure to submit your leave awards timely. The area chair will verify membership eligibility with the state.

The Sick Leave Awards program recognizes permanent employees who are NASCOE members in good standing that have accumulated unused sick leave at the following levels:

Submit Sick Leave Awards Here

Certificates

  • 1000 hours
  • 1500 hours
  • 2000 hours

Plaques

  • 2500 hours
  • 3000 hours
  • 3500 hours and above of unused sick leave
Sick-Leave-Instructions

Herb Sorley First Timers Award

Any NASCOE member that is attending their first NASCOE Convention is eligible to participate. Information on participating will be announced by the NASCOE Awards & Scholarships Chair during the first session of National Convention.

  • First place winner will receive $200
  • Second place will receive $100
  • Third place will receive $50.

SCHOLARSHIPS

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. The NASCOE 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. This scholarship can only be won once at the Area and National level.

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. Applicants must be a NASCOE member, member’s spouse, member’s child, member’s legal dependent, or member’s grandchild. The NASCOE member’s dues must be paid, and membership kept current for the past 5years, 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. This scholarship can only be won once at the Area and National level.

Area: $500

National: $1,500

Members Continuing Education Scholarship Program

The applicants must be a NASCOE member continuing their education at an accredited college, university or trade school. The NASCOE 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. 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. This award can only be won once at the Area and National level.

Area: $500

National: $1500

Continuing Education for Adult Children of Members

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. The NASCOE 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. This scholarship can only be won once at the National level.

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. The NASCOE 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. This scholarship can only be won once at the Area and National level.

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 NASCOE 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. The evaluation criteria are based on ability, incentive assistance, and other personal characteristics. This scholarship can only be won once at the Area and National level.

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. The NASCOE Associate member’s dues must be paid, and membership kept current for the past 5 years. This scholarship can only be won once at the Area and National level.

Area: $250

National: $500

Scholarship-Instructions

Area Rally Scholarship Auctions

Area Rally scholarship auction proceeds will be split with 75% going to the host state or states and 25% going to the NASCOE scholarship fund. If the host state does not currently have a scholarship fund, the host state will have the option to begin scholarship program with the rally proceeds or the whole amount will be donated to NASCOE.

National Convention Scholarship Auctions

The National Convention scholarship auction proceeds will be split with 75% going to the NASCOE scholarship fund and 25% going to the host state’s scholarship fund. If the host state does not currently have a scholarship fund, the host state will have the option to begin a scholarship program with the convention proceeds or the whole amount will be donated to NASCOE.

Taylor Stucki, Oklahoma
Awards & Scholarships Chair
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