| Eagle Rank Requirements |
1. Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at least six
months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout.
2. Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in
your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and
would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including
parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.
3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including
the following:
earned more than one of the badges listed in items g and j, choose one and
list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.
4. While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more
of the following positions of responsibility:
Boy Scout Troop
Patrol Leader
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Senior Patrol Leader
Venture Patrol Leader
Troop Guide
OA Troop Representative
Den Chief
Scribe
Librarian
Historian
Quartermaster
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Chaplain Aide or Instructor
**Troop Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
Varsity Scout Team
Captain
Co-Captain
Program Manager
Squad Leader
Team Secretary
OA Team Representative
Librarian
Historian
Quartermaster
Chaplain Aide
Instructor
Den Chief
**Team Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
Venturing Crew/Sea Scout Ship
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Den Chief
Quartermaster
Historian
Guide
Boatswain
Boatswain's Mate
Yeoman
Purser
Storekeeper
**Crew/Ship Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
**The troop webmaster and Leave No Trace trainer positions for Troops do
not appear in the new Boy Scout Handbook, but do appear on the current
Application for Eagle (effective Jan 1, 2010). They do not appear either in the
Handbook nor on the application for Teams nor for Crews /Ships. We assume
these are errors and that the positions are valid for boys in Troops, Teams,
Crews, and/or Ships, since the positions are all listed under the Star
requirements (and thus are also valid for Life advancement).
5. While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service
project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The
project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project
plan must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your
Scoutmaster and troop committee, and the council or district before you start.
You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA
publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement.
6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
7. Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.
Notes
In Requirement 3, you must choose only one merit badge listed on each line:
(Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving) and (Swimming OR Hiking OR
Cycling). If you have earned more than one of the badges listed, choose one
per line and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.
All requirements must be completed before a candidate's 18th birthday,
however the Eagle Scout board of review can be held after the candidate's
18th birthday. For more information, see Advancement Committee Policies
and Procedures, publication No. 33088.
AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle
Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or Venturer.
He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday. Any Venturer who achieved
the First Class rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or Varsity Scout in a team may
continue working for the Star, Life, and Eagle Scout ranks and Eagle Palms
while registered as a Venturer up to his 18th birthday. Scouts and Venturers
who have completed all requirements prior to their 18th birthday may be
reviewed within three months after that date with no explanation. Boards of
review conducted between three and six months after the candidate's 18th
birthday must be pre-approved by the local council. A statement by an adult
explaining the reason for the delay must be attached to the Eagle Scout Rank
Application when it is submitted to the Eagle Scout Service. The Boy Scout
Division at the national office must be contacted for procedures to follow if a
board of review is to be conducted more than six months after a candidate's
18th birthday.
If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you may become an
Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and
qualifying for alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become an
Eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a special application to
your local council service center. Your application must be approved by your
council advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit
badges.
A Scout or Venturer with a disability may work toward rank advancement after
he is 18 years of age. See Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures,
No. 33088 for details.
Online Resources
The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) provides a number of online
resources to assist Scouts in earning the Eagle rank — including an
electronic version of the Eagle Scout Rank Application and the Eagle Scout
Leadership Service Project Workbook — via their Web site at www.nesa.org.
months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout.
2. Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in
your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and
would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including
parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.
3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including
the following:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
- Environmental Science
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
earned more than one of the badges listed in items g and j, choose one and
list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.
4. While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more
of the following positions of responsibility:
Boy Scout Troop
Patrol Leader
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Senior Patrol Leader
Venture Patrol Leader
Troop Guide
OA Troop Representative
Den Chief
Scribe
Librarian
Historian
Quartermaster
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Chaplain Aide or Instructor
**Troop Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
Varsity Scout Team
Captain
Co-Captain
Program Manager
Squad Leader
Team Secretary
OA Team Representative
Librarian
Historian
Quartermaster
Chaplain Aide
Instructor
Den Chief
**Team Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
Venturing Crew/Sea Scout Ship
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Den Chief
Quartermaster
Historian
Guide
Boatswain
Boatswain's Mate
Yeoman
Purser
Storekeeper
**Crew/Ship Webmaster
**Leave No Trace Trainer
**The troop webmaster and Leave No Trace trainer positions for Troops do
not appear in the new Boy Scout Handbook, but do appear on the current
Application for Eagle (effective Jan 1, 2010). They do not appear either in the
Handbook nor on the application for Teams nor for Crews /Ships. We assume
these are errors and that the positions are valid for boys in Troops, Teams,
Crews, and/or Ships, since the positions are all listed under the Star
requirements (and thus are also valid for Life advancement).
5. While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service
project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The
project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project
plan must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your
Scoutmaster and troop committee, and the council or district before you start.
You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA
publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement.
6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
7. Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.
Notes
In Requirement 3, you must choose only one merit badge listed on each line:
(Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving) and (Swimming OR Hiking OR
Cycling). If you have earned more than one of the badges listed, choose one
per line and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.
All requirements must be completed before a candidate's 18th birthday,
however the Eagle Scout board of review can be held after the candidate's
18th birthday. For more information, see Advancement Committee Policies
and Procedures, publication No. 33088.
AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle
Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or Venturer.
He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday. Any Venturer who achieved
the First Class rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or Varsity Scout in a team may
continue working for the Star, Life, and Eagle Scout ranks and Eagle Palms
while registered as a Venturer up to his 18th birthday. Scouts and Venturers
who have completed all requirements prior to their 18th birthday may be
reviewed within three months after that date with no explanation. Boards of
review conducted between three and six months after the candidate's 18th
birthday must be pre-approved by the local council. A statement by an adult
explaining the reason for the delay must be attached to the Eagle Scout Rank
Application when it is submitted to the Eagle Scout Service. The Boy Scout
Division at the national office must be contacted for procedures to follow if a
board of review is to be conducted more than six months after a candidate's
18th birthday.
If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you may become an
Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and
qualifying for alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become an
Eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a special application to
your local council service center. Your application must be approved by your
council advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit
badges.
A Scout or Venturer with a disability may work toward rank advancement after
he is 18 years of age. See Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures,
No. 33088 for details.
Online Resources
The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) provides a number of online
resources to assist Scouts in earning the Eagle rank — including an
electronic version of the Eagle Scout Rank Application and the Eagle Scout
Leadership Service Project Workbook — via their Web site at www.nesa.org.
| The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (#512-927) and the Eagle Scout Application (#512-728) are available from BSA in PDF format. The forms can be filled in on-line and saved locally. These can be used by Scouts in lieu of the printed forms. Click here for the application. Click here for the workbook. The 2009 edition of the application form MUST be used by all Scouts after August 1, 2009. It can be obtained at your local Scout Service Center or by printing the PDF form above. |
| Requirements were REVISED effective January 1, 2010. These requirements appear in the official Boy Scout Handbook, 12th Edition, which was issued in 2009, but do not take effect until January 1, 2010. If a Scout has started work toward a rank before that date using requirements that were current before January 1, 2010, he may complete that rank only using the old requirements. Any Progress toward a rank that is begun after January 1, 2010, must use the requirements as they are presented in the Boy Scout Handbook (34622) or in Boy Scout Requirements book (33216). A Scout may also use these requirements, if he wishes, before January 1, 2010. |