Scholarships are awarded each year to children of associates of the GEICO family of companies. Awards are given through five programs to assist with tuition and expenses of attending an accredited postsecondary school.
The GEICO Scholarship Programs are administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Students will receive the highest GEICO award for which they are qualified. A student may receive only one award at a time. However, a student may receive any combination of GEICO awards for more than four years as long as eligibility requirements are met at the time of application.
GEICO Family Scholars Awards
GEICO Family Scholars awards are given for full-time undergraduate or graduate study at any accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire academic year and full-time enrollment.
Awards are $2,000. Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years, contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study.
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.
The Davidson Scholars
The Betty Gael Davidson Scholarship and the Lorimer A. Davidson Scholarship are each $8,000 grants to the top two applicants. The awards are for full-time undergraduate or graduate study and are renewable one additional year on the basis of satisfactory academic performance and full-time enrollment.
The Davidson Distinguished Scholars Awards are eight $2,000 grants for full-time undergraduate or graduate study. The awards are for full time undergraduate or graduate study and are renewable one additional year on the basis of satisfactory academic performance and full-time enrollment.
Program is governed by IRS 76-47; No more than 25% of the eligible applicants will be selected.
Financial need will not be considered.
Tony and Sally Nicely Scholarship
These awards are up to $5,000 each.
Awards are for full-time undergraduate and graduate study, and are not renewable; however, students can reapply to the program each year they meet the eligibility requirements.
Program is governed by IRS 76-47; No more than 25% of the eligible applicants will be selected.
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.
Georgie and William B. Snyder Scholarships
These awards pay up to 100 percent of undergraduate costs (tuition, fees, books, supplies, room and board) for a maximum of $4,500.
Awards are renewable up to three years if the students maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale), continue full-time enrollment and are no more than 25 years of age when the fall term begins.
Program is governed by IRS 76-47; No more than 25% of the eligible applicants will be selected.
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.
Dorothy and Jack Byrne Scholarships
The program grants two $2,500 awards to graduating high school seniors for full-time undergraduate study. These awards are renewable up to three years based on satisfactory academic performance and full-time enrollment.
Program is governed by IRS 76-47; No more than 25% of the eligible applicants will be selected.
Financial need will not be considered.
David Lloyd and Carmen Kreeger Scholarships
These awards are up to $4,000 each. One award will be granted to a student planning to major in fine arts and one to a student majoring in music. Majors may include, but are not limited to art history, dance, dramatic art, film, music, applied design, fine arts, or photography.
Awards are for full-time undergraduate study and not renewable; however; students may reapply and receive the award up to a total of four times.
Program is governed by IRS 76-47; No more than 25% of the eligible applicants will be selected.
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.
Applicants must be:
Children of GEICO associates with titles of Senior Director or above are ineligible.
* Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.
**GEICO refers to GEICO Corporation and to all subsidiaries (excluding McLane Company, Inc., Clayton Homes, Inc. and TTI, Inc.)
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need is also considered for the David Lloyd and Carmen Kreeger, Georgie and William B. Snyder, Tony and Sally Nicely, and GEICO Family Scholars awards.
For the Davidson, Georgie and William B. Snyder, Dorothy and Jack Byrne, Tony and Sally Nicely, and David Lloyd and Carmen Kreeger Scholarships: no more than 25% of the total number of eligible applicants will be selected for these awards.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or associate of GEICO play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Applicants will be notified via email in July. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of GEICO. Payments are made in one installment in early August. Checks are mailed to each recipient’s home address and are made payable to the school for the student.
GEICO Corporation and the GEICO Philanthropic Foundations reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this scholarship program and to make changes at any time including termination of the program.
As part of your application, you must upload:
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.
