# STEM Scouts 2021

**URL:** <https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235>\
**Category:** New Scoutbook Feature Requests\
**Tags:** faq, awards\
**Created:** [May 30, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235 "2020-05-30T15:56:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_W](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/bill_w/32/2943_2.png) [@Bill\_W](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Bill_W)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235/1 "2020-05-30T15:56:33Z")

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I understand BSA was planning to rollout the 2015 pilot program as a regular program on 1 January 2021. Is this still true?

Are **STEM Scouts** participation and achievement awards being added to Scoutbook for 2021?

- [About STEM Scouts](https://stemscouts.org/about-stem-scouts/)
- [FAQs](https://stemscouts.org/frequently-asked-questions/)
- “[Understanding the difference between STEM in Scouting and STEM Scouts](https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/05/11/understanding-the-difference-between-stem-in-scouting-and-stem-scouts/)”, [May 11, 2015](https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/05/) by [Bryan Wendell](https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/author/bwendell/)

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**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235/2 "2020-05-30T16:06:36Z")

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STEM is on the test server but BSA said they had zero things to track. The “Badging” on the reference page makes me question that.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_W](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/bill_w/32/2943_2.png) [@Bill\_W](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Bill_W)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235/3 "2020-05-30T17:19:14Z")

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I suspect the real answer is that

- like Venturing there are no ranks to track.
- a program already exists to track electronic badges for Scouts  
(and conversion is low on the priority list due to cost.)

I have no idea what there is for unit reports.

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**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235/4 "2020-05-31T14:58:37Z")

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Any existing STEM Leaders I would be interested to hear about your portal

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/original/1X/66e9612584db5dbf76de17f00ad877998c0ba3d6.png) [@system](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/stem-scouts-2021/172235/6 "2020-06-07T23:12:58Z")

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