How to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award
Build your Girl Scout Junior team
Explore your community
Decide on a project to work on
Make a plan of action
Put your plan in motion
Spread the word
Make your community a better place
It all starts here. Juniors team up with fellow Girl Scouts to explore their community, discover a need or issue they care about, and work together to address it. It’s a chance to create a plan and make an impact on the community they live in.
The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. As you and your team plan and complete your Take Action project, you’ll develop more confidence, meet new people, and have the kind of fun that happens when you work with other Girl Scouts to make a difference.
All of the requirements for the Girl Scout Bronze Award must be completed before bridging to a Girl Scout Cadette (September 30 after completing 5th grade). Ask questions and receive support to earn your Bronze Award via email.
Highest Award Prerequisites
Great news! Girl Scouts now only need to complete one prerequisite before starting their Bronze Award: either a Junior Leadership Award or a Junior Journey (including its Take Action project). Journeys will be retired in October 2026, but if you complete one before then, it will still count toward your Gold Award. See the chart below!
You can become a Bronze Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in fourth or fifth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Junior
- Have completed a Junior Leadership Award or Junior Journey
Highest Award Prerequisites
Deadlines
- Girls can earn their Bronze Award in 4th or 5th grade. The latest date to complete the Bronze Award for 2024-2025 5th graders is September 30, 2025.
Submitting the Final Report
- Each Girl Scout must complete their Bronze Award Final Report and submit it to their troop leader once the project is finished. After the troop leader reviews and approves the report, the troop leader must register the project for completion. No additional approval from GSEP is required. Troops are welcome to share their story with us at communications@gsep.org.
Resources for Girls 
Resources for Adults/Troop Leaders
Contact girlawards@gsep.org for girl support, workshops, information sessions, and special need accommodations.
In the subject line, please include which award your inquiry is about (Bronze, Silver or Gold). Thank you!
