Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust

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Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

 
NVIT J.P. Morgan US Technology Leaders Fund
Summary Prospectus April 30, 2026
Class II / Class Y
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains information about the Fund and its risks. This Summary Prospectus is intended for use in connection with variable insurance contracts, and is not intended for use by other investors. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated April 30, 2026 (as may be supplemented or revised), are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund's Prospectus and other information about the Fund, go to nationwide.com/mutualfundsnvit, email a request to [email protected] or call 800-848-0920, or ask any variable insurance contract provider who offers shares of the Fund as an underlying investment option in its products.
Objective
The NVIT J.P. Morgan US Technology Leaders Fund (the "Fund") seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. Sales charges and other expenses that may be imposed by variable insurance contracts are not included. If these charges were reflected, the expenses listed below would be higher. See the variable insurance contract prospectus, which may impose sales charges and other additional contract-level expenses.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
Class II
Shares
Class Y
Shares
Management Fees
0.75%
0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses
0.77%
0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.77%
1.27%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement(1),(2)
(0.81)%
(0.71)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement
0.96%
0.56%
(1)  Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust (the "Trust") and Nationwide Fund Advisors (the "Adviser") have entered into a written contract limiting annual fund operating expenses to 0.56% until at
least April 30, 2027. Under the expense limitation agreement, the level to which operating expenses are limited applies to all share classes, excluding any taxes, interest, compensation payable
to parties not affiliated with the Adviser for the recovery of tax reclaims, brokerage commissions, Rule 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, short-sale dividend expenses, administrative services fees, other expenses which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with any merger or reorganization, and may exclude other nonroutine expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business. The expense limitation agreement may be changed or eliminated only with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The Adviser may request and receive reimbursement from the Fund for advisory fees waived or other expenses reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to the expense limitation agreement at a date not to exceed three years from the date on which the corresponding waiver or reimbursement to the Fund was made. However, no reimbursement may be made unless: (i) the Fund's assets exceed $100 million and (ii) the total annual expense ratio is no higher than the amount of the expense limitation that was in place at the time the Adviser waived the fees or reimbursed the expenses and does not cause the expense ratio to exceed the current expense limitation. Reimbursement by the Fund of amounts previously waived or reimbursed by the Adviser is not permitted except as provided for in the expense limitation agreement.
(2)  The Trust and Nationwide Fund Distributors LLC have entered into a written contract waiving 0.10% of the Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees for Class II shares until April 30, 2027. The written contract may be changed or eliminated only with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
Example
This Example is intended to help you to compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example, however, does not include charges that are imposed by variable insurance contracts. If these charges were reflected, the expenses listed below would be higher.
This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those time periods. It assumes a 5% return each year and no change in expenses, and any expense limitation or fee waivers
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that may apply for the periods indicated above under "Fees and Expenses." Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class II Shares
$98
$478
$883
$2,017
Class Y Shares
$57
$333
$629
$1,471
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 62.33% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests in a portfolio of equity securities of technology companies that the subadviser believes the magnitude and/or duration of growth of which is underappreciated by the market. Many, if not most, of the securities in which the Fund invests may be considered to be "growth" stocks, in that they have above-average rates of earnings growth and thus may experience above-average increases in stock prices. The Fund concentrates at least 25% of its total assets in at least one of the following technology sector industries or any combination thereof: semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, hardware, software, internet, information technology services, networking, communications equipment, social media, interactive media, medical technology and financial technology. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of U.S. companies in the aforementioned technology sector industries. For these purposes, a "U.S. company" is one whose stock is listed on either the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.
The subadviser uses a fundamental, research-driven strategy that focuses on stock selection to drive performance, seeking high-conviction opportunities that may emerge from technology-driven disruption. The Fund may invest in stocks of companies of any market capitalization, including small-cap and mid-cap companies. The Fund also may invest in securities of foreign companies that are denominated in U.S. dollars.
The Fund's subadviser may sell a security for several reasons. A security may be sold due to a change in the original investment thesis, if market expectations exceed the company's potential to deliver and/or due to balance sheet deterioration. Investments may also be sold if the subadviser identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
Principal Risks
The Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective.
As with any fund, the value of the Fund's investments-and therefore, the value of Fund shares-may fluctuate. These changes may occur because of:
Equity securities risk - stock markets are volatile. The price of an equity security fluctuates based on changes in a company's financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.
Market risk - the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. This occurs due to numerous factors, including interest rates, the outlook for corporate profits, the health of the national and world economies, and the fluctuation of other securities markets around the world. These risks may be magnified if certain social, political, economic and other conditions and events (such as natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, terrorism, conflicts, trade disputes and social unrest or rapid technological developments such as artificial intelligence) adversely interrupt the global economy.
Selection risk - the risk that the securities selected by the Fund's subadviser will underperform the markets, the relevant indexes or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies.
Growth style risk - growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their stock prices are based heavily on future expectations. If the subadviser's assessment of the prospects for a company's growth is wrong, or if the subadviser's judgment of how other investors will value the company's growth is wrong, then the Fund will suffer a loss as the price of the company's stock may fall or not approach the value that the subadviser has placed on it. In addition, growth stocks as a group sometimes are out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for long periods while the market concentrates on other types of stocks, such as "value" stocks.
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Sector risk - investments in particular industries or sectors may be more volatile than the overall stock market. Therefore, if the Fund emphasizes one or more industries or economic sectors, it will be more susceptible to financial, market or economic events affecting the particular issuers and industries participating in such sectors than funds that do not emphasize particular industries or sectors.
Technology sector concentration risk - investments in particular industries or sectors may be more volatile than the overall stock market. Because the Fund invests more than 25% of its total assets in technology sector industries, the Fund has increased risk associated with economic conditions in the technology sector. Due to intense global competition, a less diversified product line and other factors, companies that develop and/or rely on technology are often highly sensitive to downswings in the economy. Such companies may also experience volatile swings in demand for their products and services due to changing economic conditions, rapid technological advances and shorter product lifespans.
Smaller company risk - smaller companies are usually less stable in price and less liquid than larger, more established companies. Smaller companies are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business and economic developments and may have more limited resources. Therefore, they generally involve greater risk.
Foreign securities risk - foreign securities often are more volatile, harder to price and less liquid than U.S. securities. The prices of foreign securities may be further affected by other factors, such as changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the currencies in which the securities are traded.
Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the volatility or variability of the Fund's annual total returns over time and shows that Fund performance can change from year to year. The table shows the Fund's average annual total returns for certain time periods compared to the returns of a broad-based securities market index and an additional index. The additional index has characteristics relevant to the Fund's investment strategy. Remember, however, that past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The returns shown in the bar chart and table do not include charges that will be imposed by variable insurance contracts. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.
The Fund compares its performance to the Russell 3000® Index to satisfy a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure requirement.
Annual Total Returns- Class Y Shares
(Years Ended December 31,)
  
Highest Quarter:
25.62%
-
2Q 2025
Lowest Quarter:
-11.18%
-
1Q 2025
Class II commenced operations on May 2, 2025. Therefore, pre-inception historical performance for Class II shares is based on the previous performance of Class Y shares. Performance for Class II shares has been adjusted to reflect this share class's higher expenses than those of the Fund's Class Y shares.
Average Annual Total Returns
(For the Periods Ended December 31, 2025) 
1 Year
Since
Fund
Inception
Fund
Inception
Date
Class II Shares
18.68%
21.26%
4/27/2022
Class Y Shares
19.15%
21.75%
4/27/2022
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no
deduction for fees or expenses)
17.15%
15.37%
Russell 1000® Equal Weight Technology
Index (reflects no deduction for fees or
expenses)
13.13%
14.16%
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Nationwide Fund Advisors
Subadviser
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers 
Portfolio Manager
Title
Length of Service
with Fund
Joseph Wilson
Managing Director
Since 2022
Jason Yum
Executive Director
Since 2026
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Tax Information
The dividends and distributions paid by the Fund to the insurance company separate accounts will consist of ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both. Because shares of the Fund must be purchased through separate accounts used to fund variable insurance contracts, such dividends and distributions will be exempt from current taxation by contract holders if left to accumulate within a separate account. Consult the variable insurance contract prospectus for additional tax information.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
This Fund is only offered as an underlying investment option for variable insurance contracts. The Fund and its related companies may make payments to the sponsoring insurance companies (or their affiliates) for distribution and/or other services, and to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries that distribute the variable insurance contracts. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the insurance companies to include the Fund as an underlying investment option in the variable insurance contracts, and by influencing the broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries to distribute variable insurance contracts that include the Fund as an underlying investment option over other variable insurance contracts or to otherwise recommend the selection of the Fund as an underlying investment option by contract owners instead of other funds that also may be available investment options. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your variable insurance contract may contain additional information about these payments.
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