Scholarship Details

Requirements

To receive a Scholardship, you, as a young Scout Leader from any of the 170 National Scout Organisations (NSO) officially recognised by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) will:

• be at least 18 and not older than 30 years of age at the time the Scholarship is granted
• achieved the highest rank available in your NSO
• have completed or are in the process of completing a meaningful service project benefiting the local community you live in

Mentoring and Academic learing

As an Adams Scholar you will receive pre- and post-academic and experiential training, as well as mentoring throughout your personal yearlong service project. You will leave the course with a global view of Scouting's importance and the ability to:

• recognise the contemporary leadership concepts that are relevant to our value-based movement.
• apply acquired skills as a member of a successful working team.
• provide Scouting with the leadership it needst to accomplish its mission on an ongoing basis.
• recreate this world-class training course in your own National Scout Organisation.

Applications

The application form can be found here.

Your application needs to be endorsed by your National Scout Organisation (NSO) and then be send to the Regional Scout Office of the Region to which your NSO belongs. The Regional Decision Committee of that Region will recommend or reject the application.

Once selected you, as an Adams Scholar, will receive the leadership training at a venue in the United States and later years possibly at a venue any where in the world. But your learning will not end here. As part of the training you need to bring the learned skills back to your country with the intent that you will mentor successive groups of young Scout leaders as well as enhance your community service project.