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The application program will be live on or after April 8, 2025. Please return then and navigate to the Scholarship America Hub to register your account and begin your application process!

National Life's Do Good Scholarship
Live application window: April 8, 2025 through June 5, 2025 3:00 pm CT

National Life Group has established a scholarship program to assist children and grandchildren of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

The program is 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 National Life’s Do Good Scholarship is determined at the sole discretion of National Life and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the National Life’s Do Good Scholarship must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Be dependent children* or grandchildren** age 25 and under, of full-time National Life Group employees who have a minimum of 1 year employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
    *Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.
    **Grandchildren do not need to be a dependent of the employee.
  • High school seniors or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduates, who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year*.
    *Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length and recipients must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed in August.

Children of the Executive Leadership Team and children of the Board of Directors are ineligible.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive at $5,000 award. Up to ten (10) awards will be granted.

Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in July.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of National Life Group.  Payment is made in August.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Community service and volunteer experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • Academic record
  • Work experience

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of National Life Group play a part in the selection.

Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

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 materials are submitted electronically.

National Life Group has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.