<P> About 2.25 million Scouts had earned Eagle Scout through January 2014 . In 2012, 57,976 Eagle Scout awards were presented, about seven percent of the 2012 membership . Four Nobel Prize laureates are known to be Eagle Scouts: Dudley R. Herschbach, Peter Agre, Robert Coleman Richardson, and Frederick Reines . </P> <P> On October 11, 2017, the Boy Scouts announced that in 2019, a program for older girls will be available, enabling girls to earn the rank of Eagle Scout . </P> <P> The rank of Eagle Scout may be earned by a Boy Scout who has been a Life Scout for at least six months, has earned a minimum of 21 merit badges, has demonstrated Scout Spirit, and has demonstrated leadership within his troop, team, crew or ship . Additionally he must plan, develop, and lead a service project--the Eagle Project--that demonstrates both leadership and a commitment to duty . After all requirements are met, he must complete an Eagle Scout board of review . He can complete the board of review up to 3 months after his 18th birthday as long as all other requirements are completed before his 18th birthday . Venturers and Sea Scouts who attained First Class as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout in a troop or team may continue working toward the Star, Life and Eagle Scout ranks, as well as Eagle Palms, while registered as a Venturer or Sea Scout up to their 18th birthday . Scouts with a permanent mental or physical disability may use alternate requirements based on abilities, if approved by the council . </P> <P> Eagle Scout may be awarded posthumously, if and only if all requirements except the board of review are completed before death . A board of review may be held and the award presented to the Scout's family . The Spirit of the Eagle Award is an honorary posthumous special recognition for any registered youth member who has died in an accident or through illness . </P>

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