<p>Simba:
(All info here is to<em>the</em>best<em>of</em>my_knowledge...)</p>
<p>NM will tell you if you won one of the corporate awards (usually $1000 - $2000 for each of 4 years), or the one-time $2500 NM award. Both of these are transferable, if your child wants to switch universities later. As noted above, you have to be an employee of a specific corporation, or a member of a specific professional organization, for your child to be eligible for one of the corporate NM scholarships.</p>
<p>In my case, I'm a member of a steel<em>industry</em>related professional organization. D1 got their 4 x $2K corporate scholarship, and took it. D2 got the one_time $2500 NM scholarship, and we told WashU about it. They offered to match it for all four years - we went back to NM, declined their offer and took WashU's offer instead. A mild negative is that the university 'NM' scholarship is not transferable.</p>
<p>Look up the NM website for the order in which they announce corporate/ NM/ college_specific scholarships. I <em>think</em> it's corporate, then NM, then college - but my memory isn't what it used to be.</p>